To Say Nothing of the Dog (S.F. Masterworks)

Published May 9, 2013 by Gollancz.

ISBN:
978-0-575-11312-1
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4 stars (14 reviews)

Connie Willis' entertaining comedy inspired by Jerome K. Jerome's [Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)][1].

[Robert A. Heinlein][2] mentioned the earlier work in [Have Spacesuit will Travel][3] as Kip's father's favorite.

[1]: openlibrary.org/works/OL1793164W/Three_Men_in_a_Boat_(to_say_nothing_of_the_dog) [2]: openlibrary.org/authors/OL28641A/Robert_A._Heinlein [3]: openlibrary.org/works/OL59727W/Have_Space_Suit_Will_Travel

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Review of 'To Say Nothing of the Dog' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Fünf Sterne, aber das ist noch subjektiver als meine sonstigen rein subjektiven Bewertungen, weil dieses Buch so viele Dinge enthält, die mich interessieren: Zeitreisen, Anspielungen auf britische Romane über Detektive, Butler und komplizierte Heiratsverwicklungen, einen zumindest auf den ersten hundert Seiten komplett verwirrten Erzähler und sehr viel Material aus "What if?"-Büchern über Kriege, das hier aber nur für das Hintergrundgerede alberner Personen verwendet wird. Wenn einen das alles nicht so interessiert, sind es vielleicht nur vier Sterne. Seltenes Feature in Zeitreiseromanen: Am Ende ist die Gegenwart nicht schlechter, sondern besser geworden!

Review of "To say nothing of the dog, or, How we found the bishop's bird stump at last" on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

This was an excellent book. I had some initial hesitation, since I tend to favor more epic stories and this one was described to me as a more comedic story. However, I ended up enjoying it immensely. It is indeed a playful story with a bit of detective work, some romance, some action, and a lot of crazy characters. I'll be remembering the antics for quite some time and look forward to wrapping up the time travel series with Blackout/All Clear sometime soon.

For a full review, check out my blog: strakul.blogspot.com/2020/07/book-review-to-say-nothing-of-dog-by.html

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