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Hugo Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer  ROBERT J. SAWYER  Author of WWW:Wake and FlashForward SFWRITER.COM > Novels > Mindscan   MINDSCAN     A novel by Robert J. Sawyer   Tor Books Lead Science-Fiction Hardcover, April 2005 ISBN 0-765-31107-0 Tor Books Lead Science-Fiction Paperback, January 2006 ISBN 0-765-34975-2 Winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award! A selection of Doubleday's Science Fiction Book Club A Locus Bestseller in both hardcover and paperback "An exciting crowd pleaser. Richly informed by current interdisciplinary research in the burgeoning field of consciousness studies, and alive with provocative speculation of its own, Mindscan is a heady brew of hard SF, blended with enough comedy, romance, and adventure to appeal to a wider audience, as well." —SFRA Review Opening chapters Typical passage (a quick taste of the novel) Review excerpts Publication-quality version of the book's cover US covers Science Fiction Book Club catalog copy Dustjacket text Dustjacket scan Acknowledgments Interview with Rob about Mindscan, in Word format — journalists, feel free to quote Bookloons column on Mindscan SF Site on Mindscan Interview with Rob about Mindscan by European website SF Crowsnest Reading-group / book-club guide Further reading The outline that sold this book On Ray Kurzweil's "The Age of Spiritual Machines" Attention students: Looking for a critical discussions of Mindscan? See the article in SFRA Review, a publication of the Science Fiction Research Association, issue #272 (April/May/June 2005); the full text is available as a PDF document (see page 23). Mindscan is also discussed in The Gospel According to Science Fiction by Gabriel McKee (Westminster John Knox Press, 2007) and in Science Fiction and Philosophy edited by Susan Schneider (Blackwell, 2009). Buy the Mindscan PAPERBACK from your Favorite Local Bookseller, or   U.S.:   Canada: U.K.: Or buy an Autographed Copy directly from Rob! No Bookseller Left Behind! If your store routinely stocks new copies of Mindscan, and offers a mail-order service, send an email to Rob with the URL of your catalog page for Mindscan, and he'll add a link to it right here. And if you'd like a supply of free autographed Mindscan bookplates for your customers, just let Rob know how many you need and where to send them.   More Good Reading   Other novels by Robert J. Sawyer John W. Campbell Memorial Award press release

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