Rollback

English language

Published Feb. 11, 2007

ISBN:
978-0-7653-1108-5
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3 stars (1 review)

Rollback is a 2007 science fiction novel by Canadian author Robert J. Sawyer that was serialized in four parts in Analog Science Fiction and Fact from October 2006 to January 2007. It deals primarily with the social effects of drastic age rejuvenation technology and first contact theory. In 2008 the novel was nominated for a Hugo Award and a Campbell Award.

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3 stars

I'm perhaps being unfair by only rating this one 3 out of 5 - the pros, the plot, the characters are all as vivid as any Sawyer novel I've read to date.

the trouble I found with Rollback (apart from the title reminding me of a supermarket commercial) was that I never quite clicked with the main character. yes, I feel for his plight, and I cannot help but swoop through the emotional depths - so it was a good, solid read. But for me at least it lacked the pace of Flashforward and the intrigue of Frameshift. Enjoyable, but nothing to fawn over.