false <![CDATA[Rollback]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173249048m/264940.jpg 264940 2 Dr. Sarah Halifax decoded the first-ever radio transmission received from aliens. Thirty-eight years later, a second message is received and Sarah, now eighty-seven, may hold the key to deciphering this one, tooif she lives long enough. A wealthy industrialist offers to pay for Sarah to have a rollback a hugely expensive experimental rejuvenation procedure. She accepts on condition that Don, her husband of sixty years, gets a rollback, too. The process works for Don, making him physically twenty-five again. But in a tragic twist, the rollback fails for Sarah, leaving her in her eighties as the second message arrives. While Don tries to deal with his newfound youth and the suddenly vast age gap between him and his wife, Sarah struggles to do again what shed done once before: figure out what a signal from the stars contains. Exploring morals and ethics on both human and cosmic scales, Rollback is the big new SF novel by Hugo and Nebula Award-winner Robert J. Sawyer. 256847 3 4 2007 Rollback total:323|5:58|4:121|3:98|2:35|1:11| 323 1149 469 82 1 8 false false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 19:42:39 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 19:45:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 2 false false Tue Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 17:19:57 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 17:28:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 10:02:32 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 10:24:30 -0700 2008
The year is 2048. Sarah Halifax, a SETI researcher, who cracked the first alien transmission...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Mar 14 07:32:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 07:34:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jul 07 23:48:01 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 09 11:25:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 09:27:36 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 15:52:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 17:25:08 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 08:15:17 -0700 2008
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I read this for a reading group. However, knowing how well Sawyer is regarded in the SF community, I looked forward to this book.

I could not have been more disappointed.

I will start with the plot: I knew what was going t...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 22:07:22 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 09:39:49 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 20:37:40 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 20:22:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 15:14:55 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 07:11:35 -0800 2009
the trouble I found with Rollback (apart from the title reminding me of a supermarket commercial) was that I never quite clicked with th...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 13:03:59 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 09:45:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 08:26:12 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 08:31:32 -0800 2009 human experiences that technology will make possible. The technology is just a backdrop for a really compelling human narrative, shot through with difficult questions. There's the obvious: what would it be like to suddenly be sixty ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 01:39:47 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 09:24:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 19:54:57 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 08:44:22 -0700 2009 2
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