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FLASHFORWARD

The novel by ROBERT J. SAWYER

Basis for the ABC TV series!

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The consciousness of the entire human race jumps into the future for two minutes.

"A creative, soul-searching exploration of fate, free will, and the nature of the universe. This first-rate, philosophical journey, a terrific example of idea-driven SF, should have wide appeal." — Publishers Weekly(starred review, denoting a book of exceptional merit)

#1 Amazon.com Bestseller!
Globe and Mail Bestseller!

About the Novel:

• Buy an autographed copy directly from the author
• First chapters
• Typical passage (a quick taste of the novel)
• US covers
• UK cover
• Foreign edition covers
• Publication-quality cover
• Jacket blurb
• Original press release
• Book-club discussion guide

Reviews of the Book:

• Reviews
• Starred review in Publishers Weekly

Awards for the Book:

• Winner of the Aurora Award
• Winner of Europe's top SF award
• #3 on Barnes & Noble's "Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy" list

About the TV Series:

• Rob's blog posts about series
• TV rights sold to ABC
• TV series a go!
• Reports from the set
• Rob's cameo in the first episode
• What might have happened in Season Two

Video Interviews:

• Time.com (6 minutes)
• CBC's Q with Jian Ghomeshi (14 minutes)
• CERN (14 minutes)
• The Canadian Press (2 minutes)

Audio Interviews:

• Paul Levinson (36 minutes)

Print Interviews:

• National Post
• Ottawa Citizen
• Fermilab/SLAC
• AMCtv.com
• Digital Spy

More About the Book:

• On writing FlashForward
• On re-reading FlashForward after a decade
• Introduction to the Italian edition (in English)

Other Goodies:

• Fiona Kelleghan's paper "Time and the Fiction of Robert J. Sawyer: Flash Forward to the End of an Era"from the 2009 International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (MP3 audio, 15 minutes)
• The outline that sold the book

"A thoroughly entertaining novel." — CNN

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Above: FlashForward star Joseph Fiennes and author Robert J. Sawyer on the set

More photos from the FlashForward set

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Attention students: Robert J. Sawyer's novel FlashForward is discussed in The Gospel According to Science Fiction by Gabriel McKee (Westminster John Knox Press, 2007). Also see Fiona Kelleghan's paper "Time and the Fiction of Robert J. Sawyer: Flash Forward to the End of an Era"from the 2009 International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (MP3).

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