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Bellwether

By: Connie Willis
Narrated by: Kate Reading
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Audie Award, Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2010

Pop culture, chaos theory, and matters of the heart collide in this unique novella from the Hugo and Nebula Award - winning author of Doomsday Book.

Sandra Foster studies fads and their meanings for the HiTek corporation. Bennett O'Reilly works with monkey group behavior and chaos theory for the same company. When the two are thrust together due to a misdelivered package and a run of seemingly bad luck, they find a joint project in a flock of sheep. But a series of setbacks and disappointments arise before they are able to find answers to their questions - with the unintended help of the errant, forgetful, and careless office assistant Flip.

©1996 Connie Willis (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Fiction Genre Fiction Humorous Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Science Fiction Funny Witty Heartfelt Comedy

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Critic reviews

"Connie Willis deploys the apparatus of science fiction to illuminate character and relationships, and her writing is fresh, subtle and deeply moving." ( New York Times Book Review)
"Willis's story builds slowly but is realistic and engrossing." ( Midwest Book Review)
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Connie Willis is a witty and perceptive writer and Bellwether manages to be many things - biting social commentary, a thriller, a romance, a comedy - and a great story, too. Some of the characters may be (by necessity) stereotypical, but they are multi-dimensional, believable, quirky and original stereotypes. This had me laughing out loud and this is as much due to Kate Reading's wonderful narration as to Connie Willis' writing. Although I guessed the ending, it was hugely enjoyable to observe the characters antics as the story unravelled. Highly recommended.

Great fun

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interesting storyline. well red kept my attention all the way through the book would recommend

bell weather

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I downloaded this book on a whim,looking for something different,and absolutely loved it.It is extremely funny( laugh out loud funny at many points).The whole concept of Sandra,the heroine,studying fads,and the regular snippets of information about this throughout the story,sounds strange but works brilliantly.So there is science,chaos theory,the quirks of the corporation where she works,mad office assistants,romance,sheep....all combined in an enjoyable and well-narrated package. Highly recommended.

Unexpected find

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Interesting and gentle accompaniment to my morning walks. There were a surprising number of facts packed in there as well.

Gentle and interesting.

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I found this book not up to the standard of other Connie Willis books I've enjoyed (To Say Nothing of the Dog, Blackout, etc). It came across as a series of research the author had done, but didn't know what to do with, so contrived this story. The narrator did the book a certain amount of justice, which is to say a solid three stars too, with maybe an extra half star for her portrait of Flip (minus half a star for turning Shirl into one of Marge Simpson's sisters). If this is your first Connie Willis, don't let it put you off, but try one of the aforementioned.

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