Watch
- 368 pages
- 13 hours of reading
The Web is alive! The new SF thriller from the author of FLASHFORWARD.
Robert J. Sawyer Books
April 29, 1960
Robert J. Sawyer is one of Canada's most prominent and successful science fiction authors, lauded for his ability to blend the intimately human with the grandly cosmic. His concise prose, often compared to that of Isaac Asimov, explores profound philosophical questions through inventive narratives. Sawyer leverages the genre to delve into the ethical, societal, and legal ramifications of advanced technology and alternate realities. He embraces the label 'philosophical fiction,' focusing on deep ideas rather than predicting the future.
Wake
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
What happens when the internet comes alive? An SF thriller of terrifying possibilities.
Hominids
- 448 pages
- 16 hours of reading
In a parallel world in which Neanderthals, rather than homo sapiens, became the dominant intelligent species, a dangerous scientific experiment traps a Neanderthal physicist on Earth.
Humans
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Neanderthal physicist Ponder Boddit resumes his relationship with geneticist Mary Vaughn as cultural and scientific exchanges begin between the two parallel Earths--our own, and one in which Neanderthals became the dominant species.
Dr. Peter Hobson has created three electronic simulations of his own personality. But they all have escaped from Hobson's computer into the web-and one of them is a killer.
Starplex
- 289 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Sono passati vent'anni dalla scoperta dei wormhole, misteriose anomalie del cosmo che permettono di viaggiare nello spazio e nel tempo, e l'esplorazione dell'universo ha raggiunto vette imprevedibili. Durante una missione il comandante Keith Lansing e la sua nave si imbattono in una stella più vecchia dell'universo stesso e in una razza sconosciuta che minaccia una guerra intergalattica. L'unico modo per salvare la Starplex e il suo mondo è entrare nel wormhole per tornare indietro di miliardi di anni e scoprire il segreto della misteriosa stella...
Jake Sullivan has cheated death: he's discarded his doomed biological body and copied his consciousness into an android form. The new Jake soon finds the love that eluded him when he was encased in flesh - he falls for the android version of Karen, a woman rediscovering the joys of life now that she too is no longer constrained by a worn-out body.
A science experiment goes wrong, giving everyone a glimpse of the future. One man learns a rival will steal his wife, another that he will win a lottery, a third that he will be murdered and has 20 years to find the killer. A look at the repercussions of knowing the future
Flashforward
- 319 pages
- 12 hours of reading
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’ challenges. During the blackout, everyone experienced a glimpse of what his or her future holds—and the interlocking mosaic of these visions threatens to unravel the present.
A superb near-future SF trilogy of an awakened Internet.
