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Blackout (Oxford Time Travel, #3)

Connie Willis

Why we're reading this: Hugo Award Winner 2011 (with companion "All Clear")
Nebula Award Winner 2010 (with companion "All Clear")…more
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Nebula Award Winner 2010 (with companion "All Clear")

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Feb 26, 2015 Tracey rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audio, london, fantasy, timey-wimey, wwii

I love Connie Willis, anyway. I love books about WWII. I have a weakness for time travel. So as I sat down to listen to a marvelous audiobook of Blackout, I pretty much figured it would be a five-starrer. And then came Sir Godfrey's moment of glory in the shelter … and it became one of my favorite books.

"Hie you, make haste!"

I go into a lot more of the characteristics of the duology in my review of All Clear (which for whatever reason I wrote first); suffice to say that both books are non-sto ...more

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Apr 30, 2011 Kivrin rated it it was amazing

Great read. The jumps between characters and timelines were confusing, but I think that was intentional. It reflected the chaos that was going on in England during World War II. The book brought the fear, the uncertainty, and the horror to life. Can't wait to read the next one. ...more

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Feb 25, 2012 Alison rated it really liked it

Shelves: sci-fi

So far so good; will reserve judgment until after I read the second volume

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Sep 22, 2010 Ken McDouall rated it liked it

Not up to the quality of its predecessor, "The Doomsday Book." Willis has us bouncing around between multiple protagonists stuck at various points in WWII Britain, and she finds it difficult to maintain the momentum. This is the first of two parts, ending on a cliffhanger. ...more

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