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Summary: Hilarious time travel story
Review: Ned Henry, a time traveller from the 2050s, is reluctantly involved in a project to recreate old Coventry Cathedral (obliterated by the Germans during WW2). He has the task of finding the Bishop's Bird Stump, a massive tasteless monstrosity which is vital to the restoration plans. He finds himself obliged to return to Victorian England to help out Verity, another time traveller who has accidentaly brought a cat forward to the 21st century(cats having become extinct). His return to Victorian England causes a lot of complications, including a Victorian girl, Tossie, getting engaged to the wrong man and thus being in danger of changing history. This is avery funny story with a complex, ingenious plot. Tossie, the frivolous affected Victorian maiden is a particularly amusing character, I personally thought she'd probably bea lot more fun to be married to than the other rather priggish young women in the story. Also I thought the Bishop's Bird Stump sounded absolutely wonderful, I'd love to have one in my house. See if you can guess the identity of 'Mr C.' before it is revealed. I dropped my first copy of this book in the bath and completely ruined it so I had to order a second one, but it was well worth it.
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Summary: SO annoying
Review: I just could not stand this book. The cutesy dialogue and nutty madcap adventures were aggravating enough, but the forced attempts to make "literate" jokes were the last straw. Waste of time and money!
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Summary: Lots of fun
Review: This is a very silly book, and should not be taken seriously. But it's so ejoyable I hated to have to get to the end of it. Many parts don't make much sense (some make none at all) but it's a great romp through Victorian England and times before and beyond.
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Summary: Good - but no comparison to The Doomsday Book
Review: I LOVED The Doomsday Book (have read it 4 times now) and when I found that To Say Nothing of the Dog had some of the same characters - I was ecstatic. However - this book was a bit of a chore to read, where The Doomsday Book was a joy.Mr. Dunworthy - one of the main characters of TDB only makes brief appearances, and the book suffers for that. Ned - the main character - is not very bright, and it's hard to get involved in his escapades. It's not quite as tightly written as TDB, and I'm going to assume this is a prequel of sorts. If this is your first Connie Willis book - you'll probably like this (though it's not particularly funny as promoted on the cover). After you finish it - IMMEDIATELY pick up The Doomsday Book, clear your calendar, and enjoy.
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Summary: Nice reading, but ...
Review: I really enjoyed reading this book, but when I had finished it, all I could think about was: what was that all about? It is fun, but it's not a keeper.
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Summary: waste of time
Review: "Tossie" would love this novel - however, if you happen to have more education and common sense than a spoiled Victorian brat you should avoid this collection of logical inconsistencies. Instead of pointing out the countless contradictions let me just mention one of my observations: This book is about time travel, which by its very nature contains loops and non-linear events, but the narrative is the most linear one I have seen for a long time!
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Summary: one of the funniest books I've read in a while
Review: This book caught me completely off guard as I thought it was a book similar to the Difference Engine where sci-fi meets merry old England, but I was wrong. It is a fine comedy that proves, you shouldn't - or can't - change the past. The main character has to save time, love and everyone he meets while trying desperately to take a nap. I've bought 4 copies of this book because I keep giving my copy to friends.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: I love this book. The story, the wit, the imagination are first-rate. The plot is part sci-fi and part history, with a great deal of dry humor. And a cool romance.
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Summary: Woof!
Review: This is a nice, tight time-travel story that carries some of the inconsistency one expects from such a novel, but not too many. The characters are well-drawn and engaging, the history well-researched and if one or two things were far more obvious to the reader than the characters that can be chalked up to the way they're all suffering from Time Lag. To Say Nothing of the Dog...who is a personality all his own.
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Summary: If P.G. Wodehouse wrote science fiction...
Review: this is what he'd have written. TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG is a great homage to Wodehouse's light, fluffy romantic comedies about bewildered British upper-class twits in love. (References to Jeeves are dropped in to let you know the resemblance isn't accidental.) Two time-travelers from the future (on a properly Wodehousian absurd mission) accidentally interrupt the wooing of some exceedingly silly Victorian couples, with unexpected impact on the space-time continuum. As they struggle to set right what they have disturbed, there may be just the faintest hint of a more serious thread about Providence -- but not nearly enough to weigh down the gossamer-light comedy. A fun book.
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