Countdown to FlashForward

The ABC series FlashForward , adapted from the novel of the same name by
Robert J. Sawyer, premieres tomorrow night. The novel and show share
the same basic premise: for a little over two minutes, the entire human
race simultaneously blacks out  and experience a glimpse of their
futures. Sawyer's novel is a masterpiece of philosophical SF,
approaching the ensuing questions of free will and destiny from a
variety of compelling angles. Was the future seen in the visions set in
stone, or just a s...