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Far-Seer Paperback – Aug. 23 2022

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Book 1 of 3: The Quintaglio Ascension

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Sixty-five million years ago, aliens transplanted Earth’s dinosaurs to another world. Now, intelligent saurians — the Quintaglios — have emerged. Afsan, the Quintaglio counterpart of Galileo, must convince his people of the truth about their place in the universe before astronomical forces rip the dinosaurs’ new home apart.

The Toronto Star: “Without question, Far-Seer will be remembered as one of the year’s outstanding SF books.”

S. M. Stirling: “A brilliant parable of the nature of scientific investigation, and its relation to art and faith.”

Quill & Quire: Canada’s Magazine of Book News and Reviews (starred review “indicating a book of exceptional merit”): “Riveting; compelling; thrilling — a real treat. The science in Far-Seer is impeccable, the storyline is refreshingly original, and the world Sawyer’s constructed is audacious.”

Robert J. Sawyer has won the Hugo, Nebula, John W. Campbell Memorial, Seiun, and Aurora Awards, all for best science fiction novel of the year. Sawyer’s 25 novels include the #1 Locus bestsellers The Oppenheimer Alternative, Quantum Night, Triggers, and Calculating God, plus FlashForward, basis for the ABC TV series of the same name. The first person ever to be inducted into The Order of Canada — his government’s highest honor — for work in the science-fiction field and Guest of Honor at the 2023 World Science Fiction Convention (the Worldcon), Rob is also past president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

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The Quintaglio Ascension
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Aug. 23 2022
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15.24 x 1.78 x 22.86 cm
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ SFWRITER.COM Inc. (Aug. 23 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 279 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1988415349
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1988415345
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 490 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 1.78 x 22.86 cm

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Robert J. Sawyer is one of only eight writers ever to win all three of the world’s top awards for best science-fiction novel of the year: the Hugo, the Nebula, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. He has also won the Robert A. Heinlein Award, the Edward E. Smith Memorial Award, and the Hal Clement Memorial Award; the top SF awards in China, Japan, France, and Spain; and a record-setting sixteen Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards (“Auroras”).

Rob’s novel FlashForward was the basis for the ABC TV series of the same name, and he was a scriptwriter for that program. He also scripted the two-part finale for the popular web series Star Trek Continues.

He is a Member of the Order of Canada, the highest honor bestowed by the Canadian government, as well as the Order of Ontario, the highest honor given by his home province; he was also one of the initial inductees into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Rob lives just outside Toronto.His website and blog are at sfwriter.com, and on Facebook, Twitter, and Patreon he’s RobertJSawyer.

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Jeff Terrell

Great read, really creative. Fascinating.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 28, 2017

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Fantastic. I really enjoyed this book and find impatience as I write this... I can't wait to get to the second book in this series.
I felt this perfectly captured some of the religious fervour we've seen far too often and for far too long in our own world. If you like talking dinosaurs, warriors, hunting, mystics and real science... Stop ready my words and get some of Sawyers well crafted words of wisdom in your face!

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Well done, but not for me.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 24, 2018

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Robert J. Sawyer is always a compelling and inventive writer. While I enjoyed this book, it didn't grip me as much as many of his other books. Unfortunately, I'm not inclined to get book 2. I think this is likely a very personal reaction. The writing, story and complexity are all there. I strongly recommend this book - if you like it, I'm sure you will like the other two books in the trilogy.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 2, 2017

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It's a cool story of dinosaurs living on another world an making their first bug astronomical discoveries. Pretty rad. Almost 5 stars, with only a few dragging parts making it a 4. In general, Robert J Sawyer is a fantastic sci-fi author and this book is no exception.

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Rick

Another enjoyable read!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on February 7, 2019

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Another excellent novel by Sawyer. If you like sci-fi where the people are not humanoid you may enjoy this.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 7, 2017

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Robert Sawyer has created a believable group of intelligent dinosaur like people in this story about scientific discovery in conflict with organized religion. I am looking forward to the next one in the series.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 28, 2020

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Author is great. And Kindle pkg is very good

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 7, 2018

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I wasn't sure I could embrace such a different race of beings but Mr. Sawyer did not disappoint. The males were, as usual, not quick to embrace change.

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Lesley

Excellent book in the hard SF genre.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on August 3, 2018

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A really good read! Now read the sequels; they're just as good.

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quirkius

Amazing concept, great read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 3, 2018

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It's a really interesting concept. The story flows well and it's an easy read. Can't wait to read the others in the series

MR RJ Vipers

Pretty good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 1, 2018

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Not as thought provoking as some of his other titles. But an entertaining read, just bought the next one in the series looking forward to what happens next.

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Zsuzsanna

Surprise

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 21, 2010

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I was a bit suspicious about another dino adventure, but the book became quite an obsession, by the end I could hardly put it down. Nice idea well written and has a certain childlike simplicity in it. The main point here again is not that it is dinos or people the point is the plot and the meaning which is well expressed. If you can take a few pages slow motion then it is worth while reading.

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Peter Eerden

A great read and a fitting start to the series

Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on December 11, 2018

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To create worlds and sentient beings that bear no resemblance to humans is no easy task and did not sit comfortably with me as I started this read. The author though is well versed in capturing the attention of his reading audience and I was no exception. The world of the Quintaglio is a great place to start a journey and I cannot wait to continue it with the release of book two of the series.

Lone Wolf

Brilliant!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 30, 2007

This book is remarkable in that, in a genre in which almost everything has been done before, it is truly original. It tells the story of a race of dinosaurian creatures called Quintaglios, who have, in their recent history, formed a primitive civilization whose rules and regulations are sometimes at odds with the wild instincts they still retain.

The plot follows the fortunes of Afsan, a young astrologer who, through the use of a newly-developed instrument called the 'far-seer' (basically a telescope), comes to believe that what he has been told all his life regarding his world is untrue. The Quintaglios believe that the world is flat, and that the land floats down a never-ending river, watched over by 'the Face of God'. Afsan's research proves that the Face of God is actually a planet, and that their own world is one of its moons. What's more, their world orbits the Face of God so closely that there are tremendous pressures upon it - pressures which will one day tear it apart.

Afsan faces much resistance as he tries to convince his people of his theories and persuade them that they must find a way to escape their world before it's too late - their society is dominated by a religion which refuses to tolerate anything that undermines their beliefs (there are obvious parallels with our own society's history here). But Afsan also has his allies ...

I found this book so intriguing I was unable to put it down. The characters are well-drawn and, despite being members of a fictional species, completely believable. At times you can almost think of them as human, before something like an instinctive snarl at the invasion of one's territory reminds you that they are a primitive race still at war with their own natures as they struggle to be 'civilized'. This balance between culture and wildness in the Quintaglios makes fascinating reading, and I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in sci-fi and fantasy novels, alien empires, or dinosaurs.

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