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A Time Traveler’s Homage to Jerome K. Jerome

August 3, 2014 by ElCicco 3 Comments

If you are a fan of Jerome K. Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) or PG Wodehouse’s Jeeves novels, this novel is sure to please. Willis is a well known and “decorated” sci-fi author, having won multiple Nebula and Hugo Awards. She discovered JKJ through reading Robert Heinlein and gives him a tip of the hat in an amusing, clever and thoughtful work that combines time travel, mystery, and comedy of manners. It’s 2057 London and Ned Henry, an […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, Connie Willis, Coventry Cathedral, ElCicco, Fiction, Jerome K. Jerome, mystery, P.G. Wodehouse, ReadWomen2014, science fiction, Sebastian Faulks, time travel, To Say Nothing of the Dog, victorian england, WWII

ElCicco's CBR6 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, Connie Willis, Coventry Cathedral, ElCicco, Fiction, Jerome K. Jerome, mystery, P.G. Wodehouse, ReadWomen2014, science fiction, Sebastian Faulks, time travel, To Say Nothing of the Dog, victorian england, WWII ·
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