Won Hugo and Nebula awards for Best Novelette in 1990.

Statistician Sandra Foster and chaos theorist Bennett O’Reilly are brought together by a misdelivered package and urged into their own chaotic world of million-dollar grants, unlucky coincidences, setbacks, and eventually the ultimate answer.Nominated for Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1998.

Nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1991.

Der große Kritiker- und Publikumserfolg aus den USA! Connie Willis, preisgekrönt als beste SF-Autorin der 90er Jahre, schickt in diesem Buch Zeitreisende aus der Zukunft in das viktorianische England — ein unvergessliches Abenteuer …

Eine faszinierende Reise in die finsterste Zeit des Mittelalters.Es sollte das größte Abenteuer ihres Lebens werden: Die junge Kivrin wird aus dem Jahr 2054 ins mittelalterliche England geschickt. Doch bei der Übertragung kommt es zu Problemen, und so landet die Geschichtsstudentin nicht wie geplant im Jahr 1320, sondern im Jahr 1348 — dem Todesjahr, in dem die Pest England entvölkerte. Und eine Rückkehr in die Zukunft scheint unmöglich zu sein …

Nebula Best Novel winner (1993)Hugo Best Novel winner (1993)For Kivrin, preparing an on-site study of one of the deadliest eras in humanity’s history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseases of the fourteenth century and inventing an alibi for a woman traveling alone. For her instructors in the twenty-first century, it meant painstaking calculations and careful monitoring of the rendezvous location where Kivrin would be received.But a crisis strangely linking past and future strands Kivrin in a bygone age as her fellows try desperately to rescue her. In a time of superstition and fear, Kivrin—barely of age herself—finds she has become an unlikely angel of hope during one of history’s darkest hours.Five years in the writing by one of science fiction’s most honored authors, “Doomsday Book” is a storytelling triumph. Connie Willis draws upon her understanding of the universalities of human nature to explore the ageless issues of evil, suffering and the indomitable will of the human spirit.

This new book by Hugo- and Nebula-award-winning author Connie Willis (Lincoln's Dreams) is an intelligent and satisfying blend of classic science fiction and historical reconstruction. Kivrin, a history student at Oxford in 2048, travels back in time to a 14th-century English village, despite a host of misgivings on the part of her unofficial tutor. When the technician responsible for the procedure falls prey to a 21st-century epidemic, he accidentally sends Kivrin back not to 1320 but to 1348 — right into the path of the Black Death. Unaware at first of the error, Kivrin becomes deeply involved in the life of the family that takes her in. But before long she learns the truth and comes face to face with the horrible, unending suffering of the plague that would wipe out half the population of Europe. Meanwhile, back in the future, modern science shows itself infinitely superior in its response to epidemics, but human nature evidences no similar evolution, and scapegoating is still alive and well in a campaign against "infected foreigners." This book finds villains and heroes in all ages, and love, too, which Kivrin hears in the revealing and quietly touching deathbed confession of a village priest. (Publishers Weekly)Won Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1992Won Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1993

A mediados del siglo XXI, Kivrin, una audaz estudiante de historia, decide viajar en el tiempo para estudiar `in situ` una de las eras más mortíferas y peligrosas de la historia humana: la Edad Media asolada por la Peste Negra. Pero una crisis que enlaza extrañamente pasado, presente y futuro atrapa a Kivrin en uno de los años más peligrosos de la Edad Media, mientras sus compañeros de Oxford en el año 2054, atacados de repente por una enfermedad desconocida, intentan infructuosamente rescatarla. Perdida en una época de superstición y de miedo, Kivrin descubre que se ha convertido en un improbable Angel de Esperanza durante una de las horas más oscuras de la historia.Un tour de force narrativo, una novela que explorará el miedo atemporal de la enfermedad, el sufrimiento y la indomable voluntad del espíritu humano. Con diferencia, la mejor novela de ciencia ficción de 1992 con la que Connie Willis ha obtenido los más importantes premios del género: Nebula, Hugo y Locus`Sin ser doctrinario, éste es el libro de inspiración religiosa tan apasionado con su humanismo como Un cántico por Leibowitz de Walter M. Miller. Una historia mucho mas sencilla que su trama, mucho más vasta que el número de sus paginas. El libro del Día del Juicio Final impresiona con la fuerza de una verdad profundamente sentida` John Kessel, Science Fiction Age

FROM THE INCREDIBLE WORLDS OF CONNIE WILLISIn “Service for the Burial of the Dead,” a young woman mourning her lover comes upon a surprising funeral guest.Biblical prophecies turn out to have unexpected meanings as the End Times approach in “Lost and Found.”The dangers of ordering merchandise from the back pages of pulp magazines become apparent in “Mail-Order Clone.”In “Blued Moon,” a young man uncovers a scientific property of coincidence—and falls in love.As a tourist attraction, a total eclipse draws an even wider audience than (almost) anyone realizes in “And Come from Miles Around.”In “Samaritan,” an enthusiastic young assistant pastor plunges the entire church hierarchy into a firestorm of controversy when she brings forward an orangutan to be baptized.Parental abuse is all the rage in an institute of higher learning—for those who have no parents… and for those who have no children, in “All My Darling Daughters.”

Sandra è una scienziata molto particolare: si occupa di mode passeggere e il suo compito è prevedere quali saranno le manie del futuro prossimo. Insieme al collega Bennett O’Reilly, esperto di teoria del caos, è convinta di poter individuare la causa della diffusione di tali fenomeni, e aggiudiarsi così un congruo finanziamento per il progetto. Ma raramente la ricerca scientifica è semplice e lineare, e la strada del successosarà piena di imprevisti… Un libro scintillante e originalissimo da una delle migliori scrittrici di fantascienza contemporanee.Nominato per il premio Nebula per il miglir romanzo in 1997.

Vincitore del John W. Campbell Memorial Award, ambito premio statunitense riservato agli autori più promettenti, Il sogno di Lincoln (1987) è il primo romanzo importante di Conie Willis, un’autrice che si è poi segnalata con opere di tutto rispetto.Che accadrebbe se una donna dei nostri tempi scoprisse di poter viaggiare nel tempo grazie ai suoi poteri mentali, in particolare a una specie di ponte psichico stabilito con il generale Robert Lee, il grande sconfitto della guerra civile? Da questa premessa parte un romanzo appassionante, una cruda e realistica ricostruzione della guerra civile americana e del suo mondo, ma anche un’avventura ricca di imprevisti: per esempio; che ruolo ha nella vicenda il cavallo di Lee, Traveller? E perché un uomo dei nostri glomi sembra inspiegabilmente identificarsi con lui? Lo scoprirete con Connie Willis.

Nominated for Hugo and Nebula awards for Best Novella in 1992.