Cover of Blackout
I’ve been having a hard time keeping up with my monthly reading posts lately, mostly because I’m completely unaware when one month turns into another. That’s one of the unforeseen effects of automatic bill pay. So taking the cue from the Twitter/Google+ hashtag #fridayreads, I’m going to try to remember to share with you on Fridays what I’m reading and say something interesting about it.
This week I’m reading Blackout by Connie Willis, which is about time travel to the Blitz in London. Fun fact I learned from this book: Hitler had a list of English intellectuals he planned to imprison upon invading England. Names on the list included writers H.G. Wells, Aldous Huxley, E.M. Forster and Virginia Woolf; Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of scouting; and the actor Noel Coward.
I never knew Hitler had an English list as well. Thanks for the piece of history.
Comment by livingsimplyfree — October 5, 2012 @ 1:44 pm
Oh, oh. Connie lives in my town. She is a familiar figure at nearby coffee shops–where she writes her manuscripts in long hand. She is a fun person too–and researches her books well. She has won numerous Hugo and Nebula awards. I’m not her biggest fan, but I love Doomsday Book.
Comment by Alice — October 5, 2012 @ 7:16 pm
That’s so cool!
Comment by Shannon — October 6, 2012 @ 9:18 am
[...] finished last night: All Clear, the second part of the two-part novel that began with Blackout, written by Connie Willis. It’s time travel to the Blitz! It’s a comedy, not a [...]
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