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Far-Seer Mass Market Paperback – 1 June 1992

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  1. Book 1 of 3
    The Quintaglio Ascension
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Ace Books
  4. Publication date
    1 June 1992
  5. Dimensions
    17.78 x 2.54 x 12.7 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0441225519
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0441225514
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ace Books (1 June 1992)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0441225519
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0441225514
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17.78 x 2.54 x 12.7 cm

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Robert J. Sawyer

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Robert J. Sawyer is one of only eight writers ever to win all three of the world’s top awards for best science-fiction novel of the year: the Hugo, the Nebula, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. He has also won the Robert A. Heinlein Award, the Edward E. Smith Memorial Award, and the Hal Clement Memorial Award; the top SF awards in China, Japan, France, and Spain; and a record-setting sixteen Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards (“Auroras”).

Rob’s novel FlashForward was the basis for the ABC TV series of the same name, and he was a scriptwriter for that program. He also scripted the two-part finale for the popular web series Star Trek Continues.

He is a Member of the Order of Canada, the highest honor bestowed by the Canadian government, as well as the Order of Ontario, the highest honor given by his home province; he was also one of the initial inductees into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Rob lives just outside Toronto.His website and blog are at sfwriter.com, and on Facebook, Twitter, and Patreon he’s RobertJSawyer.

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  • Peter Eerden
    5.0 out of 5 stars A great read and a fitting start to the series
    Reviewed in Australia on 11 December 2018
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    To create worlds and sentient beings that bear no resemblance to humans is no easy task and did not sit comfortably with me as I started this read. The author though is well versed in capturing the attention of his reading audience and I was no exception. The world of the Quintaglio is a great place to start a journey and I cannot wait to continue it with the release of book two of the series.
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  • Lesley
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book in the hard SF genre.
    Reviewed in Canada on 3 August 2018
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    A really good read! Now read the sequels; they're just as good.
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  • quirkius
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing concept, great read!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 August 2018
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    It's a really interesting concept. The story flows well and it's an easy read. Can't wait to read the others in the series
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  • W. V. Buckley
    5.0 out of 5 stars A scaly allegory of science in conflict with faith
    Reviewed in the United States on 12 March 2010
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    Despite being a fan of Robert Sawyer's thought-provoking sci-fi, I wasn't anxious to read Far-Seer, the first book of the Quintaglio Ascension trilogy. It's not that I have anything against dinosaurs ... even the ones who talk and are capable of figuring out the complexities of their solar system without so much as a pocket calculator.

    My reluctance had more to do with having read and enjoyed Harry Harrison's alternative history in which dinosaurs evolved intelligence in the trilogy that began with West of Eden. That series was such a stupendous feat of world building that I was afraid any book with a similar premise would pale in comparison.

    As it turns out I needn't have worried. Harrison's books remain a monumental achievement in designing a completely logical world around the question of what if dinosaurs had never died off. Sawyer, on the other hand, turns his tale into an allegory of one of his favorite topics: the conflict between science and faith.

    Apprentice astrologer Afsan, our reptilian stand-in for Galileo, Copernicus and a host of other great minds, makes a startling discovery while on a pilgrimage. Like Galileo, Afsan discovers that his world is not the center of the universe. He also discovers that his home world is becoming unstable and won't last long before it's pulled apart by the planet it orbits. Rather than earning fame with his discovery, Afsan finds infamy. His discovery puts him at odds with the unyielding doctrine of the church. His findings are labeled heresy and Afsan is called a "demon."

    OK, so it's a little unrealistic to have a single character make all the scientific observations and conclusions that Afsan makes in a single boat voyage, but Sawyer's book is more a parable than an effort to develop a completely realized world down to an atomic level. I was able to set back and let the Great River of the dinosaurs' world take me where it would, safe in the knowledge that I was in the hands of a master storyteller.
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  • Zsuzsanna
    4.0 out of 5 stars Surprise
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 June 2010
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    I was a bit suspicious about another dino adventure, but the book became quite an obsession, by the end I could hardly put it down. Nice idea well written and has a certain childlike simplicity in it. The main point here again is not that it is dinos or people the point is the plot and the meaning which is well expressed. If you can take a few pages slow motion then it is worth while reading.
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  • Jeff Terrell
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great read, really creative. Fascinating.
    Reviewed in Canada on 28 November 2017
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    Fantastic. I really enjoyed this book and find impatience as I write this... I can't wait to get to the second book in this series.
    I felt this perfectly captured some of the religious fervour we've seen far too often and for far too long in our own world. If you like talking dinosaurs, warriors, hunting, mystics and real science... Stop ready my words and get some of Sawyers well crafted words of wisdom in your face!
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