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Books like Flashforward

A high-concept thought experiment that wrestles with the terrifying, exhilarating burden of knowing your own destiny. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Flashforward.

mind-bending
tense
contemplative

01
Starplex
Robert J. Sawyer · 1996
A tense, high-stakes journey into the unknown where the marvels of rapid interstellar expansion collide with the dread of a looming cosmic war.
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- tense
- inquisitive
- earnest
02
Quantum Night
Robert J. Sawyer
A high-stakes, concept-driven thriller that collides quantum physics with the darkest corners of the human psyche.
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- tense
03
The Accidental Time Machine
Joe Haldeman
A wry, fast-paced temporal road trip where the only way out of a problem is to jump further into an increasingly bizarre future.
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- mind-bending
04
Marooned in Realtime
Vernor Vinge · 1986
A high-stakes locked-room mystery played out across millions of years of empty, post-human Earth.
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- tense
05
Thrice Upon a Time
James Patrick Hogan · 1980
A cerebral exploration of temporal physics that accelerates into a tense, high-stakes dilemma of ultimate sacrifice.
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- tense
06
Darwinia
Robert Charles Wilson
An Edwardian expedition into an alien wilderness that slowly unravels the very fabric of reality.
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- philosophical
- earnest
07
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Claire North
A sweeping, time-looping cat-and-mouse thriller that wrestles with the crushing weight of infinity and the fierce bonds of rivalry.
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- philosophical
08
From eternity to here
Sean Carroll
A mind-bending journey from the scrambled eggs on your breakfast plate to the very origins of the universe.
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- contemplative
09
Spin
Robert Charles Wilson
A breathtaking collision of mind-expanding cosmic mystery and quiet, lifelong human heartbreak.
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- philosophical
- earnest
10
Green Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson
A sweeping, scientifically rigorous epic that immerses you in the slow, monumental work of building a new world and a new society.
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- tense
- contemplative
- philosophical
- earnest
11
Physics of the Impossible
Michio Kaku · 2008
A mind-expanding bridge between the wild imagination of science fiction and the rigorous frontiers of theoretical physics.
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- inquisitive
12
Parallel Worlds
Michio Kaku · 2004
A dizzying, exhilarating tour through the most mind-bending possibilities of modern physics.
Shares:
- contemplative

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