Science Fiction · LightTime-traveling Oxford historians search 1940 Coventry for a missing object called the Bishop's bird stump
To Say Nothing of the Dog
A comic time-travel hunt for a Victorian vase
Bantam Spectra published the novel in 1997. It is comic science fiction and the second book of the Oxford time travel series, after Doomsday Book and before Blackout/All Clear. Time-traveling Oxford historians are drawn into a search in 1940 Coventry, after the Blitz, for the Bishop's bird stump. Ned Henry, Verity Kindle, Professor James Dunworthy and Lady Schrapnell are among the characters. The title comes from the subtitle of Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat (1889).
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Who
Ned Henry, Verity Kindle, Professor James Dunworthy, Lady Schrapnell, Tossie Mering and Terence St. Trewes.
World
Oxford in the 21st century, 1940 Coventry and the Victorian era.
What makes it different
The title comes from the subtitle of Three Men in a Boat, and the dedication names Robert A. Heinlein. It won the Hugo and the Locus Award in 1999.
Feel
Light and comic.
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Further reading
- To Say Nothing of the DogWikipedia