The Oppenheimer Alternative, Robert J. Sawyer
The Oppenheimer Alternative, Robert J. Sawyer
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The Oppenheimer Alternative

Author: Robert J. Sawyer

Narrator: Josh Bloomberg

Unabridged: 13 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/16/2020


Synopsis

Writing with “a sense of wonder that hasn’t prevailed since the days of Heinlein” (Books in Canada), bestnovel Hugo and Nebula Award winner Robert J. Sawyer brings you “a truly science-fictional work of alternate
history” (S.M. Stirling).

While J. Robert Oppenheimer and his Manhattan Project team struggle to develop the A-bomb, Edward Teller
wants something even more devastating: a weapon based on nuclear fusion—the mechanism that powers the sun. But
Teller’s research leads to a terrifying discovery: by the year 2030, the sun will eject its outermost layer, destroying the
entire inner solar system—including Earth.

After the war ends, Oppenheimer’s physicists combine forces with Albert Einstein, computing pioneer John von
Neumann, and rocket designer Wernher von Braun—the greatest scientific geniuses from the last century racing
against time to save our future.

Meticulously researched and replete with real-life characters and events, The Oppenheimer Alternative is a
breathtaking adventure through both real and alternate history.

About Robert J. Sawyer

Robert J. Sawyer has written short fiction published in numerous magazines and anthologies and has published eighteen novels. He has won forty-one national and international awards for his fiction, including the 1995 Nebula Award, the 2003 Hugo Award, and the 2006 John W. Campbell Memorial Award. He also won the Crime Writers of Canada’s Arthur Ellis Award for mystery fiction. The ABC TV series FlashForward was based on his novel of the same name.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim

An outstanding science fiction story using real-life characters and events ( Oppenheimer and the other scientists involved with the Manhattan Project). Having seen the film "Oppenheimer" before reading this book, I thought Sawyer gave me an even greater understanding of the characters who are in the......more

This is an alt-history SF, at least on the surface. In reality, it can be one of a harbingers of a new sub-genre, a fictionalized biography/real life events with just a sprinkle of SF. I read is as a Buddy read for January 2021 at SFF Hot from Printers: New Releases group. This is the story of the s......more