only a third of the way through the book, things begin slowing down." The A.V. Club's reviewer writes: A reviewer from Scientific Gems wrote of the novel, "it is well-written, it has an interesting plot, and it has useful things to say about the nature of science and the nature of medicine. One piece of good advice, for example: 'Joanna says you should only say what you saw, not what anybody else says you should see.'" [Spoken by Maisie Nellis] "Indeed, the importance of truth is underscored repeatedly in the book. Thanks partly to a very young female patient with a strange taste in literature [Maisie again], there is also some interesting discussion of historical disasters..." https://scientificgems.wordpress.com/2015/10/08/passage-a-book-review/ References External links Passage at Worlds Without End 2001 American novels 2001 science fiction novels American science fiction novels Fiction about near-death experiences Novels by Connie Willis Bantam Books books