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A good book of what if. What if most of humanity is wandering around without internal narration? What if there are a bunch of psychopaths out there? What if someone lived by the moral precepts of Peter Singer - and Jeremy Bentham? What if the US invaded Canada? What if most people are blindly following strong leaders? It‘s uncomfortable and male-focused (there *are* important feminist philosophers & theorists out there) but interesting:

Reading this book - waaaaay creepier than I expected - to my #sciencefiction book group. Now very worried about the potential number of p-zeds and psychopaths out there (I need to figure out what of the book is science and what is fiction! 😂😮👀👀👀)

This book is interesting but I don‘t like the main character and no explanation for the world suddenly going crazy is ever given. I wonder if I‘m just a p-zed?

A sound entry to Rob's canon that follows his traditional modus operandi. He takes a couple of compelling scientific ideas, puts them together and humanizes the impact. Well done as usual. Very near future SF in this case. Worth the read for the Canadian settings and predictions about the US presidency alone.

I sort of hated every moment of this book while simultaneously having a great time reading it. The writing feels very self-conscious, the implications are eyebrow raising, and the main character is a tool. But it was entertaining as hell. Can't wait to chat about this with my book club.

If you like Dark Matter, stories that involve quantum physics, or red books in general, give Quantun Night a shot. Speaking of Robert Sawyer, he and I will share the stage at the IFOA in Toronto on August 25, 2016.

It's Canada Day and I'm working - so here is a picture of a table full of awesome books by awesome Canadian authors!! Fun Friday Photo @Liberty

Such a bummer... Probably my least favourite book by one of my favourite Sci-Fi authors