羅伯特·索耶（Robert J.Sawyer）是加拿大最有影響力的科幻作傢。已齣版17部長篇科幻小說，屢獲雨果奬、星雲奬等多種科幻奬項，被譽為加拿大科幻教長。索耶的科幻小說涉及多種主題，從電腦狂魔、恐龍復活、時間旅行，到平行時空、太空偵探，想像奇偉，異彩紛呈。索耶的代錶作除《金羊毛》外，還包括《計算中的上帝》、《終極實驗》、《恐龍文明三部麯》（《遠望》、《化石獵人》、《異族》）、《星叢》、《原始人類》和《混血》等。

Robert J. Sawyer was born in Ottawa and lives just outside of Toronto, Canada. He has won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel.

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In pursuit of an elusive nuclear particle, an experiment goes incredibly awry, and, for a few moments, the consciousness of the entire human race is thrown ahead by about twenty years. As the implications truly hit home, the pressure to repeat the experiment builds. Everyone wants a glimpse of their future, a chance to flash forward and see their successes…or learn how to avoid their failures.

Robert J. Sawyer’s award-winning science fiction has garnered both popular and critical acclaim. The New York Times called Frameshift “filled to bursting with ideas, characters, and incidents.” His novels are fixtures on the Hugo and Nebula ballots. Now, his award-winning novel Flash Forward is becoming a network TV series, expected to air in the fall of 2009.