Sprightly, intelligent fun. Connie Willis's fiction is one of the most intelligent delights of our genre.” - Locus “Keen social satire touched with genuine humanity. “Connie Willis deploys the apparatus of science fiction to illuminate character and relationships, and her writing is fresh, subtle, and deeply moving.” - The New York Times Book Review “One of science fiction's best writers.” - The Denver Post Years ago, I was greatly impressed by her 1992 Nebula Award-winner about time travel, Doomsday Book. She has won eleven Hugo Awards and seven Nebula Awardsmore major awards than any other writer in the field. (After all, what better animal to study both chaos theory and the herd mentality that so often characterizes human behavior?) But scientific discovery is rarely straightforward and never simple, and Sandra and Bennett have to endure a series of setbacks, heartbreaks, dead ends, and disasters before they find their ultimate answer. Connie Willis is an extraordinarily talented science fiction and fantasy author. Sandra intercedes with a flock of sheep and an idea for a joint project. Bennett OReilly is a chaos theorist studying monkey.

It's a moment of synchronicity-if not serendipity-which leads them into a chaotic system of their own, complete with a million-dollar research grant, caffé latte, tattoos, and a series of unlucky coincidences that leaves Bennett monkeyless, fundless, and nearly jobless. Sandra Foster studies fads from Barbie dolls o the grunge look how they start and what they mean. They both work for the HiTek corporation, strangers until a misdelivered package brings them together. Bennett O'Reilly is a chaos theorist studying monkey group behavior. Pop culture, chaos theory, and matters of the heart collide in this unique novella from the Hugo and Nebula Awardwinning author of Doomsday Book.Sandra.

Sandra Foster studies fads-from Barbie dolls to the grunge look-how they start and what they mean. Now, with her trademark wit and inventiveness, she explores the intimate relationship between science, pop culture, and the arcane secrets of the heart. Connie Willis has won more Hugo and Nebula awards than any other science fiction author.

Bellwether by Connie Willis