- American Science fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Science fiction, American
Winner of six Nebula and five Hugo awards, Connie Willis is one of the most acclaimed and imaginative authors of our time. Her startling and powerful works have redefined the boundaries of contemporary science fiction.
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Classical in form, grave, meticulous and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Connie Willis
- First published
- 1985
- Pages
- 273
- Publisher
- Bantam Books, Random House Publishing Group, Bluejay Books
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780312941628
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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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