Kelson Reads reviewed Quantum night by Robert J. Sawyer
Quantum Night is a 2016 science-fiction thriller novel written by Canadian novelist 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?