I've just re-read Connie Willis' 1997 novella "Bellwether" and enjoyed it tremendously. I first read it about twenty years ago, when Chaos Theory was still relatively new to non-mathematicians like me, and what I remember most is how exciting I found the ideas around the relationship between chaos...
I've just re-read Connie Willis' 1997 novella "Bellwether" and enjoyed it tremendously.I first read it about twenty years ago, when Chaos Theory was still relatively new to non-mathematicians like me, and what I remember most is how exciting I found the ideas around the relationship between chaos an...
I've just re-read Connie Willis' 1997 novella "Bellwether" and enjoyed it tremendously.I first read it about twenty years ago, when Chaos Theory was still relatively new to non-mathematicians like me, and what I remember most is how exciting I found the ideas around the relationship between chaos an...
Haha! This book was a sheer delight to listen to. Willis builds subtle humor in the characters, the plot, and the setting. I often found myself nodding my head, thinking, ‘Yeah! That could totally happen!’ or “Yep, been there. Done that.” The characters were immediately relatable. Sandra Foster is c...
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Each section starts with a description of the history behind a particular fad. The main character is a sociologist who is studying fads, trying to get to the bottom of what causes them. I hadn't realized the author was from Colorado, but it makes me irrationally h...
[This is an old review. I had thought I already had it cross-posted, but I couldn't find it. For once, I had a rating listed in my records and didn't have to guess at one.] It's been almost three years since I last read a book by Connie Willis – I had forgotten how enjoyable her writing can be. A...
As you may know, I have an up-and-down relationship with Connie Willis books. I think some of them are astoundingly good. I think some of them are very weak. So I always start a new one wondering which it's going to be. And then there's Bellwether, which is barely even science fiction, and it's fun,...
A huge thanks to Nenia for recommending this when I asked for a Nerd Romance. This was exactly what I wanted and more. I can't even begin to classify this into a genre. It's so distinctive. First of all, it's hilarious! I felt like Connie Willis nailed what it's like to work in Corporate America. I ...
This was a delight, even if not really what I expected. Connie Willis is a well-known science fiction author, and the back of the book boasts she's won more Hugos and Nebulas than any other author, and the spine of the book declares this is science fiction. Well, it's fiction about science and scien...
Bellwether is light, funny, romantic, and one of Willis' most brilliant books. Every word of this story is ultimately meaningful in some way -- although it may often seem frivolous or meandering, nothing is wasted. By the way, ignore the shelvings for "fantasy" and "science fiction" -- there's nothi...
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