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Flashforward is a science fiction novel by Canadian author Robert J. Sawyer first published in 1999. The novel is set in 2009. At CERN, the Large Hadron Collider accelerator is performing a run to search for the Higgs boson. The experiment has a unique side effect; the entire human race loses their consciousness for about two minutes.
Jan 1, 2001 · Kindle $4.99. Rate this book. FLASHFORWARDTwo minutes and seventeen seconds that changed the worldSuddenly, without warning, all seven billion people on Earth black out for more than two minutes. Millions die as planes fall from the sky, people tumble down staircases, and cars plow into each other.But that’s the least of the survivors ...
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This sci-fi book is very different than the TV show, which is a technothriller. Although they both had the Flash Forward as a core part of the story, the characters were very different. Although I enjoyed the Hollywood version, the book was better because I enjoy the science fiction and enjoyed the author's writing.
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Robert J. Sawyer. Follow. Flashforward Mass Market Paperback – Sept. 1 2009. by Robert J. Sawyer (Author) 4.0 950 ratings. See all formats and editions. The basis for the hit ABC TV series and the Aurora Award-winning novel that started it all!FLASHFORWARD. Two minutes and seventeen seconds that changed the world.
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Jun 12, 1999 · Flashforward. Robert J. Sawyer. Macmillan, Jun 12, 1999 - Fiction - 319 pages. Robert J. Sawyer's award-winning science fiction has garnered both popular and critical acclaim. The New York Times Book Review called Frameshift "filled to bursting with ideas, characters and incidents". His novels are fixtures on the Hugo and Nebula ballots.
Robert J. Sawyer is the author of Flashforward, winner of the Aurora Award and the basis for the hit ABC television series. He is also the author of the WWW series— Wake, Watch and Wonder — Hominids, Calculating God, Mindscan, and many other books. He has won the Hugo, Nebula and John W. Campbell Memorial awards—making him one of only ...
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Flash Forward. A scientific experiment begins, and as the button is pressed, the unexpected occurs: everyone in the world goes to sleep for a few moments while everyone's consciousness is catapulted more than twenty years into the future. At the end of those moments, when the world reawakens, all human life is transformed by foreknowledge.
