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Flashforward Book

What would you do if you got a glimpse of your own personal future and it looked bleak? Try to change things, or accept that the future is unchangeable and make the best of it? In Flashforward, Nobel-hungry physicists conducting an unimaginably high-energy experiment accidentally induce a global consciousness shift. In an instant, everyone on Earth is "flashed forward" 21 years, experiencing several minutes of the future. But while everyone is, literally, out of their minds, their bodies drop unconscious; when the world reawakens, car wrecks, botched surgeries, falls, and other mishaps add up to massive death and destruction. Slowly, as recovery efforts continue, people realize that during the Flashforward (as it comes to be called) they experienced a vision of the future. The range of visions is astounding--those who would be asleep in the future saw psychedelic dream landscapes, while others saw nothing at all (presumably they'd be dead). But those who saw everyday life 20 years hence have to come to grips with evidence of dreams forsaken (or realized). Soon, the physicists who caused the Flashforward are struggling to help the world decide whether the future is changeable--and whether the experiment is worth repeating. Robert J. Sawyer has captured a truly compelling idea with Flashforward, and he fully explores what such an event might mean to humanity. Fans will find this to be his best work to date, although the ending seems rushed after a detailed buildup. --Therese Littleton Read More

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  • Product Description

    Robert J. Sawyers award-winning science fiction has garnered both popular and critical acclaim. The New York Times Book Review called Frameshift filled to bursting with ideas, characters and incidents. His novels are fixtures on the Hugo and Nebula ballots. Sawyer now brings us Flashforward, the story of a world-shattering discovery. In pursuit of an elusive nuclear particle, an experiment goes incredibly awry, and, for a few moments, the consciousness of the entire human race is thrown ahead by about twenty years. As the implications truly hit home, the pressure to repeat the experiment builds. Everyone wants a glimpse of their future, a chance to flashforward and see their successes ... or learn how to avoid their failures. Sawyers combination of real people and real issues makes Factoring Humanity an accessible and interesting read. ~ The Winnipeg Free Press In Factoring Humanity, Robert J. Saywer deftly blends such disparate elements as quantum mechanics, artificial intelligence and False memory syndrome into a tightly focused storyline about humankinds race consciousness. ~ The Toronto Star Frameshift is one of those novels that can remind us of just how exciting science can be; and that is one of the real achievements of the best science fiction. ~ The Edmonton Journal Frameshift is a finely crafted novel with a riveting plot and complex characters that one can care about deeply. ~ The Calgary Herald

  • 0312867123
  • 9780312867126
  • Robert J. Sawyer
  • 1 June 1999
  • Tor Books
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 320
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