Doomsday Book Free Audiobook Download by Connie Willis
Connie Willis' Doomsday Book is a gripping story about a new virus that is rapidly killing people, and the science and history professor who sets out to find a cure. The audiobook has an extremely engaging voice and is narrated by Jenny Sterlin.
This is a story about the apocalypse, as imagined by professor William Sweet in 1986. At first, it's only a few people who die of natural causes, but soon the virus becomes virulent and starts to take over every person on earth. The story follows three survivors through their harrowing journey with science fiction as their main weapon.
Doomsday is a story that follows the lives of ten people from different backgrounds who find themselves living in London, England during the year 2054. People are unhappy with their lives and society as a whole, so they want to change it by living forever. The goal is to live for as long as possible without dying and then fix everything after they're gone.
Apocalypses and the apocalypse have been popular topics in movies, TV, and books for many years. But Connie Willis's novel "The Doomsday Book" focuses on a different kind of apocalypse – one where disaster is not triggered by outside events, but by our own actions. The story revolves around a group of people who must survive together in London during the first days after World War III has destroyed civilization.
'Jenny Sterlin' does a great job narrating the audiobook of 'Doomsday Book.' She has an ability to tell the story in a way that makes you feel like you are actually there.
When computers take over the Earth, people might be surprised by how quickly they go extinct. The protagonist of Connie Willis's Doomsday Book, Molly Bolt, is one of those 'people'. Her job is to translate the ancient texts of a race so long-gone as to be nearly mythical. But when she learns that her son was among the first to die in the disaster and not just another casualty of the computer virus, she's left with questions - including what her own life means now.
Published Date | 2008-04-18 |
Duration | 26 hours 30 minutes |
Author | Connie Willis |
Narrated | Jenny Sterlin |
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Abridged | No |
Is It Free? | 30-days Free |
Category | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
Parent Category | Science Fiction |