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Bellwether (novel) : ウィキペディア英語版 | Bellwether (novel) ''Bellwether'', is a 1996 science fiction novel by Connie Willis. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1997.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 The Nebula Award Listing: SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY & HORROR BOOKS BY AWARD )〕 == Plot introduction == The main character, Dr. Sandra Foster, studies fads in Boulder, Colorado. Her employer, Hi-Tek, wants to know how to predict fads, in order to take advantage of this knowledge and thus to possibly create one. While Dr. Foster is extensively researching and analysing fads, Hi-Tek itself is swept by management fads. In addition, the Management wants one of its employees to win the mysterious Niebnitz Research Grant (the fictitious award is very similar to the MacArthur Fellowship's Genius Grant). Meanwhile, the employees struggle with chaos created by the administrative assistant from Hell. Willis uses humor to come to an unsettling conclusion.
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