The Oppenheimer Alternative by Hugo & Nebula Award-winner Robert J. Sawyer (original) (raw)

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by Hugo and Nebula Award-Winner

Robert J. Sawyer

"I loved it!" —Lee Smolin, bestselling author of The Trouble with Physics

"An imaginative restructuring of a phantasmagoric life into an alternative phantasmagorical story. Oppenheimer fans will be intrigued." —Martin J. Sherwin, co-author of the biography American Prometheus, the basis for Christopher Nolan's movie Oppenheimer

"Impressive use of scientific and historical detail and Sawyer's characterization of the man himself pull back the layers of Oppenheimer's morals, genius, and grief. Science fiction fans will devour this smart speculative tale."—**Publishers Weekly**

"Extremely well researched and very accurate scientifically; a great book for anyone interested in Oppenheimer."—Mark Wolverton, author of A Life in Twilight: The Final Years of J. Robert Oppenheimer

"You can call this alternate history or alternate astrophysics (or both). Whatever term you choose, it's a terrific story." —Eric Flint, author of 1632

"Incredibly realistic: the characters, locations, the era, and even the science. I felt like I was back in Los Alamos — and I should know: I worked there! Breathlessly riveting; Sawyer pulls it off masterfully."—Doug Beason, former Associate Laboratory Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory

"Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds," physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer famously exclaimed when the first atomic bomb exploded in 1945. His Manhattan Project gathered the greatest scientists ever assembled, including Richard Feynman, Edward Teller, Leo Szilard, and Enrico Fermi.

In this meticulously researched novel, Oppenheimer keeps those geniuses together after the war — joined by Albert Einstein, computing pioneer John von Neumann, and rocket designer Wernher von Braun — in hopes of saving our planet from an environmental catastrophe. If they succeed, they will be able to declare, "Now we are become life, the saviors of the world."

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More about The Oppenheimer Alternative

Opening chapters
Reviews
The newsroom: a roundup of press coverage
The Oppenheimer Alternative hits #1 on the Locus bestsellers' list
Press release: Secret history of the Manhattan Project
Press release: Novel ties into the 75th anniversary of the birth of the Atomic Age
Press release: Precedent-setting deal for Sawyer
Publication-quality book covers
Why two different covers?
Rob's notes for the cover artists
Book club discussion guide
Did the U.S. have to drop atomic bombs on Japan?
What's fact and what's fiction in the novel?
How Rob did his research
Bibliography — Rob's sources
Jean Tatlock: une marytre? — Rob's contribution to original Oppenheimer research
Oppie and John F. Kennedy's assassination
Dramatis personae — who's who in the novel?
Notes on the chapter-head epigraphs
Easter eggs — fun hidden references
Rob's notes for the copyeditor
The Oppenheimer-Snyder paper proposing what we now call black holes
Hans Bethe's 1939 paper wrongly concluding our sun undergoes CNO-cycle fusion
Official 1962 U.S. Air Force map of Mars showing canals
Mariner IV photo #11 showing Mars craters
"Bad Day at Red Rock" — more on the Mariner IV photos
Frank Drake's article on Jupiter's radiation (starts at bottom right of first page)
Freeman J. Dyson on the death of Project Orion eBook Editions Worldwide [](oppenheimer-alternative-canadian-cover.jpg) Kindle: 978-1-988415-22-2

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An imprint of Arc Manor Books
June 2, 2020 • US$16.99 trade paperback
Distributed to bookstores by Ingram
ISBN: 978-1-64710-013-1
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An imprint of Fitzhenry & Whiteside
June 2, 2020 • Cdn$22.95 trade paperback
Distributed to bookstores by Fitzhenry & Whiteside
ISBN: 978-0-8899-5617-9
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