Quantum night

by Robert J. Sawyer, Robert J. Sawyer

351 pages

English language

Published April 10, 2016

ISBN:: 978-0-425-25683-1
OCLC Number:: 910980519

(12 reviews)

Experimental psychologist Jim Marchuk has developed a flawless technique for identifying the previously undetected psychopaths lurking everywhere in society. But while being cross-examined about his breakthrough in court, Jim is shocked to discover that he has lost his memories of six months of his life from twenty years previously--a dark time during which he himself committed heinous acts. Jim is reunited with Kayla Huron, his forgotten girlfriend from his lost period and now a quantum physicist who has made a stunning discovery about the nature of human consciousness. As a rising tide of violence and hate sweeps across the globe, the psychologist and the physicist combine forces in a race against time to see if they can do the impossible--change human nature--before the entire world descends into darkness.

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Kelson Reads reviewed Quantum night by Robert J. Sawyer

If consciousness is a quantum state, can we reboot humanity?

4 stars

I read Quantum Night when it was new, back in early 2016. And while a key part of the premise doesn’t add up, I keep thinking back to it.

It links human cruelty, psychopathy, and mob behavior to the nature of consciousness and quantum entanglement, mostly focusing on the main characters but playing out against a global crisis brought on by a rising tide of xenophobia.

There’s an ultra-conservative US President who makes grandiose statements. A rising trend of anti-immigrant murders. A war launched by Putin.

Through all this, the main characters are investigating their own dark pasts, trying to figure out what caused them to change for the better… and ultimately, can we reboot humanity?

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AndySoc1al reviewed Quantum night by Robert J. Sawyer

Review of 'Quantum night' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Great mind-bender about bending minds, and the meaning of consciousness. Sawyer's version of the USA was a little too plausible, echoing Nehemiah Scudder from classic Heinlein.