Rollback

I've enjoyed a number of Robert Sawyer's books, my favorites of his being the trilogy beginning with "Hominids." He is a concept guy which I appreciate as I like the ideas he presents. This book, "Rollback," was one I read for a science fiction book discussion group. It certainly gave us a lot to ta......more

Muy buena historia, muy original. Algunas partes se hacen un poco pesadas cuando se describen en extremo detalle los tecnicismos con los que se logró descifrar el primer mensaje extraterrestre, pero no al grado de molestar. Claramente el fuerte de la novela es el análisis ético y moral del papel de......more

About halfway through "Rollback" by Robert J. Sawyer, I had a scathing review all ready to go. I hated the first half. There were way too many brand names used. There were way too many Star Trek references. There was this horribly long exposition about the movie "Contact" starring Jodie Foster. The......more

This book is up for the Best Novel Hugo this year and it deserves it, although I'll reserve final judgment on that until I've read the other four in the category. It is a STRONG contender, though. The year is 2048. Sarah Halifax, a SETI researcher, who cracked the first alien transmission to earth in......more

It's been over a week since I finished this book, which is definitely going to slightly change how this review will come out. If I'd written it as soon as I had finished, this would likely be a lot more ranty, and I am still annoyed, but the anger has lost its heat. It's too bad, because I was prett......more