The novel in question is by Connie Willis, and is called _Doomsday
Book_. It's one of my favorites--very evocative.
Another novel that deals with living through the plague (albeit in the
17th c) is called _Year of Wonders_, and it's by Geraldine Brooks. It's
inspired by the true story of the t
Same "bug" is responsible for both of those forms, though, as well as a
septicemic version that I heard was more rare, but a *lot* faster at
killing people--that was the form that people could have and just drop
dead from in a few hours
--sue
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 09:01:44 -
From: "Kare
This is actually one of those unfortunately wide-spread "urban myths."
The problem with UM's, of course, is that they *sound* plausible, even
if they turn out to be inaccurate or out-right false.
See this link for more info:
http://www.snopes.com/language/literary/rosie.htm
--sue
lace-chat-diges
A number of folks have mentioned trying to shut off their computers and
having all kinds of problems. This is not a problem issue for my
computers at work, but it sure does happen on my home computer! and it's
been very, very frustrating over the years.
Well, I happened to mention it to one of the
