DOOMSDAY BOOK

Connie Willis is one of the most imaginative and skillful writers of American science fiction today. Her prose style is lean, her dialogue excellent, and her themes mature. This tale occurs in a British university of the near future, where history may be researched via time-travel. As a student gets lost in the fourteenth century, an epidemic of mysterious origin breaks out back home. Jenny Sterlin is a mannered reader who gives one the impression that she has not prepared much before entering the sound studio. She has a pleasant voice and excellent diction, but her text contains much more than she has the chops to communicate. Y.R. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine [Published: JUN/JUL 01]