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Factoring Humanity by Robert J. Sawyer is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Factoring Humanity about?

Amazon.com ReviewFactoring Humanity will undoubtedly satisfy Sawyer fans, as well as those looking for positive-future scenarios à la Carl Sagan's Contact. Rather than a galactic vision of war and peace, this novel is localized in the extreme: the plot revolves around Heather, a psychology professor struggling to decipher extraterrestrial messages, and her estranged husband, Kyle, on the brink of the biggest computer science breakthrough of all time. What makes Factoring Humanity work is that Sawyer deals with vast ideas such as alien contact, quantum mechanics, and the human overmind, but does so to a deeply personal effect.Sawyer, like many writers of near-future science fiction, has an unfortunate tendency to be too rooted in today, to make so many casual references to our present that they draw undue attention to themselves, making it difficult for the reader to suspend disbelief. This fascination with 20th-century pop culture crowds the real story and real details into a corner and underscores an apparent lack of creativity in painting future landscapes. Otherwise, and forgiving Sawyer's breathtakingly myopic view of Native Canadians and rather bland prose, this is exciting, r

Who reads Factoring Humanity?

Author

Robert J. Sawyer

Publisher

New York : Orb Books, 2004.

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780765309037

Category

science

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Science Fiction, Fiction

Rating

3.78 / 5 (29 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13