Flashforward

The Story

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