Most Popular Books by Connie WILLIS

Edward Bryant influenced a generation of readers and writers. Edward Bryant''s Sphere of Influence contains twenty-four stories influenced by a master of science-fiction and horror. In this book you''ll discover the extraordinary influence of a master''s touch!

El Espíritu de la Navidad y otros relatos agrupa seis cuentos publicados en la revista Asimov''s Magazine y dos totalmente originales: comienza con Milagro en el que una oficinista espera que su apuesto compañero se fije en ella en la fiesta de Navidad de la empresa donde trabajan; En la tienda de juguetes de Coppelius, un sujeto narcisista descubrirá que "Cosechas lo que siembras" es algo más que un dicho al verse encerrado en una tienda de juguetes atestada de gente en Navidad; en el magnífico Adaptación los espíritus de las Navidades presente y futura visitarán a un librero solitario que se dará cuenta de que lo importante en esta vida es dar; en Posada, una cantante de coro dará cobijo a un hombre sin hogar y su esposa embarazada, para descubrir que bajo esa apariencia hay mucho más de lo que se observa...

Theodora Baumgarten has just been selected as an IASA space cadet, and therein lies the problem. She didn''t apply for the ultra-coveted posting, and doesn''t relish spending years aboard the ship to which she''s been assigned. But the plucky young heroine, in true Heinlein fashion, has no plans to go along with the program. Aided by her hacker best friend Kimkim, in a screwball comedy that has become Connie Wills'' hallmark, Theodora will stop at nothing to uncover the conspiracy that has her shanghaied.

Dust jacket illustration, Ã2018 by Jon Foster.

Typescript of unpublished first novel. Accompanied by typescript of revision and one photocopy of same revision.

When a time-travel lab suddenly cancels assignments for no apparent reason and switches around everyone''s schedules, time-traveling historians Michael, Merope, and Polly find themselves in World War II, facing air raids, blackouts, unexploded bombs, dive-bombing Stukas, rationing, shrapnel, V-1s, and two of the most incorrigible children in all of history--to say nothing of a growing feeling that not only their assignments but the war and history itself are spiraling out of control.

A romantic comedy on two scientists using the chaos theory to predict fads in our society. They are Sandra and Bennet, working on the premise that a tiny action like the flap of a butterfly''s wings in Arizona has an impact on the whole world, perhaps resulting in a hurricane in China. The couple''s work on fad-diffusion produces comic as well as tragic results.