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Ein amüsanter Roman über Alien-Invasionen, Verschwörungen und die Albernheiten, die Menschen zu glauben bereit sind - und die nicht einmal alle falsch sein müssen - von der mit mehreren Nebula- und Hugo-Awards ausgezeichneten Autorin der Romane "Dunkelheit" und "Licht". Die besonnene Francie ist zur Motto-Hochzeit ihrer Zimmergenossin aus College-Tagen eingeladen - nach Roswell in New Mexico. Das Motto? UFOs. Der Bräutigam? Ein wahrer Gläubig...

A delightful novel about alien invasions, conspiracies, and the incredibly silly things people are willing to believe—some of which may actually be true—from the Nebula and Hugo award-winning author of Blackout and All Clear“An absolute blast with abundant humor, copious references to old westerns, and . . . a delightful, intergalactic twist on the romantic comedy.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEARW...

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A HUGO AWARD-winning time travel novel from the SFWA grandmaster.

“A tour de force.”—The New York Times Book ReviewConnie 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.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 ...

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. He’s been shuttling between the 21st century and the 1940s searching for a Victorian atrocity called the bishop's 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 t...

A delightful novel about alien invasions, conspiracies, and the incredibly silly things people are willing to believe—some of which may actually be true—from the Nebula and Hugo award-winning author of Blackout and All ClearWhen level-headed Francie arrives in Roswell, New Mexico, for her college roommate’s UFO-themed wedding—complete with a true-believer bridegroom—she can’t help but roll her eyes at all the wide-eyed talk of aliens, which ob...

Library of America and Connie Willis present 150 years of diverse, ingenious, and uniquely American Christmas storiesChristmas took on its modern cast in America, and over the last 150 years the most magical time of the year has inspired scores of astonishingly diverse and ingenious stories. Library of America joins with acclaimed author Connie Willis to present a unparalleled collection of American stories about Christmas, literary gems that ...

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Das Trio der Zeitreisewissenschaftler aus England ist im Jahr 1940 gefangen. Wa¿hrend ihrer Suche nach einer Ru¿ckkehrmo¿glichkeit ko¿nnen sie allma¿hlich nicht mehr ignorieren, dass es kleine Abweichungen von den historischen Aufzeichnungen zu geben scheint. Kleine Abweichungen bedeuten, dass sie die Vergangenheit gea¿ndert haben - mo¿glicherweise sogar das Ende des Krieges ...

Jetzt endlich als Taschenbuch! Oxford in England im Jahr 2060 - Ein Trio von Zeitreisenden bricht auf in den Zweiten Weltkrieg, um ihn aus sicherer Distanz zu studieren. Doch als sie ihr Sicherheitsnetz verlieren und von der Geschichte u¿berrannt werden, stecken sie plo¿tzlich selbst mitten in den chaotischen Ereignissen der schrecklichen A¿ra ...

THREE CLASSIC SCI-FI NOVELLAS IN ONE VOLUME-from a Hugo and Nebula award-winning author In Terra Incognita, Connie Willis explores themes of love and mortality while brilliantly illuminating the human condition through biting satire. Uncharted Territory Findriddy and Carson are explorers, dispatched to a distant planet to survey its canyons, ridges, and scrub-covered hills. Teamed with a profit-hungry indigenous guide of indeterminate gender a...

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Science fiction icon Connie Willis brilliantly mixes a speculative plot, the wit of Nora Ephron, and the comedic flair of P. G. Wodehouse in Crosstalk-a genre-bending novel that pushes social media, smartphone technology, and twenty-four-hour availability to hilarious and chilling extremes as one young woman abruptly finds herself with way more connectivity than she ever desired.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR In the not-too-dis...

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