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false <![CDATA[Flashforward]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255697540m/6627683.jpg 337132 12 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 327550 1999 Flashforward total:666|5:92|4:283|3:218|2:62|1:11| 666 2381 1309 156 4 7 false false Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 09:09:39 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 08:24:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 08:49:49 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 08:50:54 -0800 2009
Set in 2009, Sawyer takes as his premise that in the midst of ordinary life one day everyone on the planet loses consciousness for a few minutes and wakes up knowing his or her future in the year 2030. For some it is a good thi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 10:00:50 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 10:00:53 -0700 2009 2
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The way Sawyer approaches time travel in this story ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 06:46:01 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 08:33:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 18:46:48 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 20:36:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 07:40:56 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 09:11:39 -0700 2009
Much of the book takes place at CERN, a partic...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 14:24:07 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 14:24:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 07:05:11 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 07:09:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 19:39:17 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 07:25:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 18:20:36 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 18:39:24 -0700 2009
As far as plot is concerned...and ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 17:32:50 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 06:44:22 -0700 2009 FlashForward TV show that premiered recently. While the adaptation and the source material were bound to differ quite a bit (the biggest difference being the show's focus on FBI agents in L.A. rather than physicis...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6627683