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Bellwether: Library Edition

Connie Willis

Pop culture, chaos theory and matters of the heart collide in this unique novella from the Hugo and Nebula winning author of Doomsday Book. Sandra Foster studies fads and their meanings for the HiTek corporation. Bennet O'Reilly works with monkey group behavior and chaos theory for the same company. When the two are thrust together due to a misdelivered package and a run of seemingly bad luck, they find a joint project in a flock of sheep. But a series of setbacks and disappointments arise before they are able to find answers to their questions.

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Other editions: 2009, 2009, 2009, Softcover - 1996

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All Seated on the Ground

Connie Willis

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D.A.

Connie Willis

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Inside Job

Connie Willis

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To Say Nothing of the Dog

Connie Willis

From Connie Willis, winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, comes a comedic romp through an unpredictable world of mystery, love, and time travel...Ned Henry is badly in need of a rest. Hes been shuttling between the 21st century and the 1940s searching for a Victorian atrocity called the bishops bird stump. It's part of a project to restore the famed Coventry Cathedral, destroyed in a Nazi air raid over a hundred years earlier. But then Verity Kindle, a fellow time traveler, inadvertently brings back something from the past. Now Ned must jump back to the Victorian era to help Verity put things right--not only to save the project but to prevent altering history itself.

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Other editions: Hardcover - 1999, Hardcover - 1998

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Passage

Connie Willis

A tunnel, a light, a door. And beyond it ... the unimaginable.

Dr. Joanna Lander is a psychologist specializing in near-death experiences. She is about to get help from a new doctor with the power to give her the chance to get as close to death as anyone can.

A brilliant young neurologist, Dr. Richard Wright has come up with a way to manufacture the near-death experience using a psychoactive drug. Joanna’s first NDE is as fascinating as she imagined — so astounding that she knows she must go back, if only to find out why that place is so hauntingly familiar.

But each time Joanna goes under, her sense of dread begins to grow, because part of her already knows why the experience is so familiar, and why she has every reason to be afraid.

Yet just when Joanna thinks she understands, she’s in for the biggest surprise of all — ashattering scenario that will keep you feverishly reading until the final climactic page.

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Other editions: Hardcover - 2003, Hardcover - 2001

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2000X: Tales of the Next Millennia

Connie Willis; Ray Bradbury; Harlan Ellison; Karel Capek; Robert A. Heinlein; Robert Heinlein; Kurt Vonnegut; Octavia E. Butler; Arte Johnson; Fredric Brown

Presented here are brilliant dramatizations of works by Hugo and Nebula award-winning authors originally created for a prize-winning NPR series treasured by science-fiction fans. 2000X: Tales of the Next Millennia is a winner of the Ray Bradbury Award and includes "Pillar of Fire" by Ray Bradbury, "By His Bootstraps" by Robert A. Heinlein, "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" by Kurt Vonnegut, "'Repent Harleguin!' Said the Ticktockman" by Harlan Ellison, and others.

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Uncharted Territory

Connie Willis

Wry and witty science fiction. Carson and Findriddy, the famous planetary surveyors mapping out the planetoid Boohte, have their hands full with base member C.J., ambitious scout Ev (C.J.'s latest conquest), and Bult--the indigenous guide whose chief interest is in levying fines for destruction of the planet's surface.

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Other editions: Hardcover - 2000

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Miracle and Other Christmas Stories

Connie Willis

A collection of witty and wonderful holiday stories just in time for Christmas, thor who has won more Hugos and Nebulas that anyone else in the world. Welcome, as one of Bantam's most innovative authors reminds us gently -- and often humorously -- of the true meaning of Christmas. Whether it is a humorous dig at those lengthy Christmas newsletters, or a quietly poignant look at Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem; a tale of personal epiphany, or a sly demonstration of why Miracle on 34th Street (the original version) is really a better movie than It's a Wonderful Life; or even a send-up of the classics from A Christmas Carol to Agatha Christie, Connie Willis' trademark wit and keen observation of human nature makes us laugh and makes us cry -- and manages to remind us of what we all too often forget: what really makes the Christmas season so special. This enchanting collection of eight tales -- two of which are original to this collection -- begins with the title story, "Miracle, " where an office worker hopes that her handsome colleague will finally notice her at the company Christmas party. But her carefully devised plans go awry when her guardian angel takes it upon himself to show her the true meaning of love. In the cautionary tale of "In Coppelius's Toyshop, " the motto "what goes around comes around" serves as an eerie reminder to a jaded narcissist who finds himself trapped in a crowded toy store at Christmastime. In the touching "Adaptation, " the Ghosts of Christmas Present and Christmas Ye To Come pay a visit to a lonely bookstore clerk who discovers that the best gift of all is to give -- even when his one wish for the holidays doesn't come true. "Inn" presents theinspiring story of a choir singer who gives shelter on a cold winter night to a homeless man and his pregnant wife -- only to learn later that there's much more to the couple than meets the eye. And "Epiphany" follows three unwitting, modern day wisemen on a quest unlike any they've ever experienced. A treasure to cherish any time of the year, this collection boldly reimagines the stories of Christmas while serving as a testament to Connie Willis' unique genius and masterful skill in vividly bringing the extraordinary to life while conveying the power of human compassion and love.

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Other editions: Softcover - 2000

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Doomsday Book

Connie Willis

For nearly a decade, Willis has dazzled readers with her short fiction. Her first novel, Lincoln's Dreams, received unanimous high praise and won the John W. Campbell Award. Now she pens a sensational work about human struggle and redemption set in the time of the Black Plague.

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Other editions: Hardcover - 1993, Softcover - 1992, Hardcover - 1992

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To Say Nothing of the Dog: How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last

Connie Willis

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Water Witch

Connie Willis; Cynthia Felice

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Other editions: Softcover - 1996

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Fire Watch

Connie Willis

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. Here in one volume are twelve of her greatest stories, including double award-winner "Fire Watch," set in the universe of Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog, in which a time-traveling student learns one of history's hardest lessons. In "A Letter from the Clearys," a routine message from distant friends shatters the fragile world of a beleaguered family. In "The Sidon in the Mirror," a mutant with the unconscious urge to become other people finds himself becoming both killer and victim. Disturbing, revealing, and provocative, this remarkable collection of short fiction brings together some of the best work of an incomparable writer whose ability to amaze, confound, and enlighten never fails.

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Other editions: Hardcover - 1985

Even the Queen & Other Short Stories

Connie Willis

From the hilarious post-PMS future in "Even the Queen" to love and quantum physics exposed in "At the Rialto" or the eerie experience of "Death on the Nile", author Connie Willis--winner of a record six Nebula and six Hugo Awards--weaves her magic in five of her best short stories.

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Promised Land

Connie Willis; Cynthia Felice

It has been fifteen years since Delanna Milleflores set foot on Keramos. Now her mother has died, and she has returned only to settle and sell her estate. But Keramos has some surprising laws. To sell her farm, Delanna must first live on it for one year. And along with her land comes one Tarlton Tanner, heir to the adjoining farm. A man who, at the moment of her mother's death, became Delanna's husband...

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Cibola

Connie Willis; Connnie Willis

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Promised Land

Connie Willis; Cynthia Felice

It has been fifteen years since Delanna Milleflores set foot on Keramos, fifteen years since her mother sent her away to be raised and educated on a world of cities and technology. Now her mother has died, and she has returned only to settle and sell her estate. But Keramos has some surprising laws. To sell her farm, Delanna must first live on it for one year. And along with the land comes one Tarleton Tanner, heir to the adjoining farm. A man who, at the moment of her mother's death, became Delanna's husband...

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Light Raid

Connie Willis; Cynthia Felice

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Remake

Connie Willis

Remake depicts a film industry that no longer creates original movies, but uses computer technology to remake old stories from existing footage. It's a Hollywood of simulated sex, drugs, and special effects, where anything is possible--except for Alis's dream of dancing in the movies.

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Other editions: 1994

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Impossible Things

Connie Willis

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The New Hugo Winners

Connie Willis

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Lincoln's Dreams

Connie Willis

The Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Doomsday Book presents the story of a young historical researcher who is being pulled deeper and deeper into the time of the Civil War. "A novel of classical proportions and virtues".--Washington Post Book World.

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Other editions: Hardcover - 1987

Light Raid

Connie Willis; Cynthia Felice

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