Blackout
by Willis, Connie
In her first novel since 2002, Nebula and Hugo award-winning author Connie Willis returns with a stunning, enormously entertaining novel of time travel, war, and the deeds--great and small--of ordinary people who shape history. In the hands of this acclaimed storyteller, the past and future collide--and the result is at once intriguing, elusive, and frightening.Oxford in 2060 is a chaotic place. Scores of time-traveling historians are being sent into the past, to destinations including the American Civil War and the attack on the World Trade Center. Michael Davies is prepping to go to Pearl Harbor. Merope Ward is coping with a bunch of bratty 1940 evacuees and trying to talk her thesis adviser, Mr. Dunworthy, into letting her go to VE Day. Polly Churchill's next assignment will be as a shopgirl in the middle of London's Blitz. And seventeen-year-old Colin Templer, who has a major crush on Polly, is determined to go to the Crusades so that he can "catch up" to her in age. But now the time-travel lab is suddenly canceling assignments for no apparent reason and switching around everyone's schedules. And when Michael, Merope, and Polly finally get to World War II, things just get worse. For there they face air raids, blackouts, unexploded bombs, dive-bombing Stukas, rationing, shrapnel, V-1s, and two of the most incorrigible children in all of history--to say nothing of a growing feeling that not only their assignments but the war and history itself are spiraling out of control. Because suddenly the once-reliable mechanisms of time travel are showing significant glitches, and our heroes are beginning to question their most firmly held belief: that no historian can possibly change the past.From the people sheltering in the tube stations of London to the retired sailors who set off across the Channel to rescue the stranded British Army from Dunkirk, from shopgirls to ambulance drivers, from spies to hospital nurses to Shakespearean actors, Blackout reveals a side of World War II seldom seen before: a dangerous, desperate world in which there are no civilians and in which everybody--from the Queen down to the lowliest barmaid--is determined to do their bit to help a beleaguered nation survive.From the Hardcover edition.
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by Willis, Connie
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- 2010
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U. S. A.: Spectra/Ballantine Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0553803190 . First edition/ First printing. Signed by author on title page. Book is in Fine, unread condition; however, there is a production flaw - a horizontal crease near the top of the spine. See photos. The flaw is cosmetic, and … Read more about this item Item Price
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U.S.A.: Subterranean, 2010. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1ST. Outstanding Copy - Signed By The Author On The Special Limitation Page. Number 2 Of 500. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Are Clean. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Fine Condition. Not Chipped… Read more about this item Item Price
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Blackout; and All Clear [2 VOL]
by Willis, Connie
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- 2018
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Easton Press, 2018. Collector's Editions. Full Leather. New/No Jackets as Issued. Still in the original shrinkwrap! A beautiful set of two leatherbound volumes by Science Fiction Master Connie Willis, with each volume personally signed by Willis on each volume's signature page. A beautiful set.
"Blackout" and "All Clear" are actually one continuing story, originally published separately.
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New York: Ballantine Books [2010], 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/very near Fine. 8vo. [14], 4-491, [9] pp. Quarter black paper over grey paper boards with orange lettering on the spine. Price of $26.00 on front flap of jacket. Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. A Very Good+ book with minor wear to the boards' edges… Read more about this item Item Price
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Spectra, 2010-02-02. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed. New York: Spectra, 2010. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed by Willis on the title page. A lovely copy of this Hugo and Nebula Award Winner. Fine in like dust jacket. Item Price
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Great Britain: Gollancz, 2011. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1ST. An Outstanding Copy - Signed & Dated 10-26-11 By The Author On The Title Page. Signature Only. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Are Clean. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Fine… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Spectra, 2010. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1ST. An Outstanding Copy - Signed By The Author On The Title Page. Signature Only. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Are Clean. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Fine… Read more about this item Item Price
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Blackout
by Connie Willis
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Blackout
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Random House Publishing Group, 2010. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps… Read more about this item Item Price
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