To Say Nothing Of The Dog
A few years back I won a prize from an online Science Fiction magazine. I received a copy of all the books nominated for best novel in the 1999 Nebula awards. This particular novel was one of those books and this is the first I’ve gotten around to reading it (by the way it didn’t win the Nebula, but it did win the Hugo.)
The book revolves around time travel. Ned Henry, a historian working on the reconstruction of Coventry Cathedral in 21st Century Oxford, develops a serious case of time lag. Suffering from extreme tiredness and sensory confusion he is sent to the Victorian era to rest, but before he can do that he must complete a mission. Of course in his confused state he has no idea what that mission is.
It took a while for me to get into this book, but once I did I really started to enjoy it. The mixture of time travel, mystery and comedy really works. I’d recommend it.
Hi Greig. You might like Connie Willis’s “Domesday book.” I think it does the time travel better, and there’s less of the slightly-annoying screwball comedy.
JCW.