- Fiction, History, Science Fiction, United States Civil War, 1861-1865
"A novel of classical proportions and virtues...humane and moving."--The Washington Post Book World"A love story on more than one level, and Ms. Willis does justice to them all.
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- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Connie Willis
- First published
- 1987
- Pages
- 228
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group, Spectra, Grafton
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780586200155
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**Connie Willis** is an internationally known science fiction author and the winner of an unprecedented total of seven Nebula awards and eleven Hugo awards. She is also the first author to have won both the Hugo and Nebula in all four fiction categories. In 2009, she was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, and in 2012 she became a Nebula Grand Master of Science Fiction. Willis is the author of *Doomsday Book*, winner of the Nebula and Hugo awards for Best Science Fiction Novel; *Lincoln’s Dreams*, winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best Science Fiction Novel; and *To Say Nothing of the Dog*, winner of the Hugo Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. Her other fiction includes
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