Flashforward Audiobook

" listening to the audio book "

" The best kind of Sci-Fi is "what if?" Sawyer explores the paradox of knowing the future and trying to change it. The TV series is nothing like the book. "

" Great book, horrible tv show. "

" I wouldn't recommend this book. It was an okay story, but completely unbelievable. If someone like a global blackout had happened, one can imagine more damaged infrastructure than was described, not to mention his laughable attempts at constructing the future in 2030. Don't read this. You have better things to do with your time. "

" This was a great book. Loved the show. The book was great. Almost wished the show was closer to the novel. "

" I really could not put this book down. I'll write more later, but I have to say there are some very prescient parts of it that were downright eerie. I have one quibble with the ending, but overall, it was an amazing story. "

" Imaginative...better than the TV series...not crazy about the ending. "

" Good idea that was reasonably executed. It did not grip me and "make" me read it like many other books. I liked the philosophical discussions of free will vs destiny and the science was great as well, but it ultimately was merely a good book. "

" The tv of the same name was loosely based on this book. A big event that makes everyone leap forward in time for 2 minutes happens and that's where the similarity pretty much ends. It is a pretty good story about time travel and destiny. "

" Watched one or two episodes, decided I didn't have time to watch TV so I picked up the book. And liked it more. Nice character problems. Hurrah for discovering new authors! Very interesting ending too. "

" Very different from the TV show, but just as good. Loses points because of the bizarre ending. "

" I loved it. Well, except for the first flash forward, which will haunt me for life. If you read this book, just skip over that part. "

" Started off very well, but seemed to run out of steam, getting mired down in explanations of tachyons and neutrinos and all of a sudden an immortal future for Nobel Prize Winners - really! But a good basis for the TV series which was waaay better. "

" Enjoyed this book -- I liked his humanoid/hybrid series, so I knew I liked his writing. I became interested after watching the TV show of the same name - and wasn't disappointed. The TV show seemed to borrow the idea of the book - it certainly didn't follow it much. "

" Sooooo much promise, so many possible amazing endings, but the author chose the one that pretty much made the rest of the read pointless. Remember when JR woke up on Dallas? I'm not saying the book was a dream (it wasn't) but same concept. Disappointing :-( "

" Interesante relato, que me parece no tiene nada que ver con la serie de television. "

" This book is an example of science fiction used as a tool explore to explore the human condition and the meaning of existence, from a stereotypical Canadian perspective. "

" Far more interesting than the lifeless TV show that it inspired. A long way from great literature, or even great sci-fi, but has one good question and it hits it hard with good, believable characters and writing that moves very quickly. "

" So dire it doesn't really deserve a rating. "

" I wanted to love it, but it was just ok. There was way too much physics mumbo, which was more than I wanted to try to comprehend. "

" The ending was very futuristic and kind of ravished what Sawyer built up with fatigue and precision over the book. "

" Another great sci fi.....so much better than the TV series. This one is set in Geneve/CERN.....our old neighborhood! Much more realistic how the forward happens.....what we all suspect could happen there. Really good! "

" Muy diferente a la serie, quizás mejor "

" Much though I felt Sawyer was reaching for the human elements of the story, I still found myself wanting more of the physicists behind the physics, as it were. Maybe I just like the fiction part of science fiction. "

" I would give this a four or five star until the last chapter, then it definitely is a one. Seems like a cop-out. "

" As usual LOL (Like a Lot) from my favorite kanuk. "

" Enjoyed this book. It was far better than the TV series. "