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Doomsday Book

British  

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Domesday Book

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Connie Willis’ 1992 Hugo- and Nebula-award-winning novel Doomsday Book accomplishes all of this while also examining how people in dire scenarios maintain hope and compassion.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2020

The region was first listed in the Doomsday Book in 1086.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2019

The Doomsday Book, as it happens, is not a book.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2014

The last time two books tied for the Hugo best novel prize was in 1993, when Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep and Connie Willis's Doomsday Book shared the award.

From The Guardian • Sep. 6, 2010

The "Chaplain" gets his breakfast-egg gratis; and a stray Bishop writes, "Nothing can exceed the comfort of this H�tel," in that Doomsday Book of Visitors.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, August 27, 1892 by Various

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