Doomsday Book

1992 novel by Connie Willis
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Doomsday Book

Summary

Doomsday Book is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (469 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Doomsday Book authored Connie Willis[3].
  • Doomsday Book received the NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books[4].
  • Doomsday Book received the Hugo Award for Best Novel[5].
  • Doomsday Book received the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[6].
  • Doomsday Book received the Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel[7].
  • Doomsday Book received the Kurd Lasswitz Award for Best Foreign Work[8].
  • Doomsday Book received the Nebula Award for Best Novel[9].
  • Doomsday Book's instance of is recorded as literary work[10].
  • Doomsday Book was published by Bantam Spectra[11].
  • Doomsday Book's genre is science fiction[12].
  • Doomsday Book's part of the series is recorded as Oxford time-traveling historians[13].
  • Doomsday Book's language of work or name is recorded as English[14].
  • Doomsday Book's country of origin is recorded as United States[15].
  • Doomsday Book was released on July 1992[16].
  • Doomsday Book's has edition or translation is recorded as Q126718347[17].
  • Doomsday Book's narrative location is recorded as Europe[18].
  • Doomsday Book's main subject is time travel[19].
  • Doomsday Book's described at URL is recorded as https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/02/books/science-fiction.html[20].
  • Doomsday Book's number of pages is recorded as {'amount': '+619'}[21].
  • Doomsday Book's nominated for is recorded as BSFA Award for Best Novel[22].
  • Doomsday Book's nominated for is recorded as Arthur C. Clarke Award[23].
  • Doomsday Book's nominated for is recorded as Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel[24].
  • Doomsday Book's nominated for is recorded as Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature[25].
  • Doomsday Book's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Doomsday Book'}[26].
  • Doomsday Book's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Le Grand Livre'}[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Doomsday Book authored Connie Willis[3]. It was published by Bantam Spectra[11].

Publication

Doomsday Book was published on July 1992[16]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[14]. Its genre is science fiction[12]. Its part of the series is recorded as Oxford time-traveling historians[13].

Subject and Themes

Doomsday Book's main subject is time travel[19]. Its part of the series is recorded as Oxford time-traveling historians[13].

Reception

Awards received include NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books[4]; Hugo Award for Best Novel[5], a literary award[28], founded in 1953[29]; Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[6], a literary award[30], in United States[31], founded in 1978[32]; Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel[7], a speculative fiction award[33], in Spain[34], founded in 1994[35]; Kurd Lasswitz Award for Best Foreign Work[8], a class of award[36], founded in 1980[37]; and Nebula Award for Best Novel[9], a literary award[38], in United States[39], founded in 1966[40].

Why It Matters

Doomsday Book ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (469 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41]

FAQs

What awards did Doomsday Book receive?

Honors received include NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books[4], Hugo Award for Best Novel[5], Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[6], and Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel[7].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [5] . thehugoawards.org. thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [9] . nebulas.sfwa.org. nebulas.sfwa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . clarkeaward.com. clarkeaward.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . gpi.noosfere.org. gpi.noosfere.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . isfdb.org. Retrieved . isfdb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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