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ROBERT J. SAWYER
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"I loved it!" —Lee Smolin, bestselling author of The Trouble with Physics

"An imaginative restructuring of a phantasmagoric life into an alternative phantasmagorical story. Oppenheimer fans will be intrigued." —Martin J. Sherwin, co-author of the biography American Prometheus, the basis for Christopher Nolan's movie Oppenheimer

"Impressive use of scientific and historical detail and Sawyer's characterization of the man himself pull back the layers of Oppenheimer's morals, genius, and grief. Science fiction fans will devour this smart speculative tale." —Publishers Weekly

"Extremely well researched and very accurate scientifically; a great book for anyone interested in Oppenheimer." —Mark Wolverton, author of A Life in Twilight: The Final Years of J. Robert Oppenheimer

"You can call this alternate history or alternate astrophysics (or both). Whatever term you choose, it's a terrific story." —Eric Flint, author of 1632

"Incredibly realistic: the characters, locations, the era, and even the science. I felt like I was back in Los Alamos — and I should know: I worked there! Breathlessly riveting; Sawyer pulls it off masterfully." —Doug Beason, former Associate Laboratory Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory

"Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds," physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer famously exclaimed when the first atomic bomb exploded in 1945. His Manhattan Project gathered the greatest scientists ever assembled, including Richard Feynman, Edward Teller, Leo Szilard, and Enrico Fermi.

In this meticulously researched novel, Oppenheimer keeps those geniuses together after the war — joined by Albert Einstein, computing pioneer John von Neumann, and rocket designer Wernher von Braun — in hopes of saving our planet from an environmental catastrophe. If they succeed, they will be able to declare, "Now we are become life, the saviors of the world."

#1 Locus bestseller!

• Bookstore trade paperbacks from Red Deer Press (Canada; yellow cover) and CAEZIK SF&F Books (USA; blue cover)
• Trade paperbacks from all Amazon stores worldwide
• eBook editions available worldwide
• Unabridged audiobook via Recorded Books from Audible.com

More about The Oppenheimer Alternative

• Opening chapters
• Reviews
• The newsroom: a roundup of press coverage
• The Oppenheimer Alternative hits #1 on the Locus bestsellers' list

• Press release: Secret history of the Manhattan Project
• Press release: Novel ties into the 75th anniversary of the birth of the Atomic Age
• Press release: Precedent-setting deal for Sawyer

• Publication-quality book covers
• Why two different covers?
• Rob's notes for the cover artists

• Book club discussion guide
• Did the U.S. have to drop atomic bombs on Japan?

• What's fact and what's fiction in the novel?
• How Rob did his research
• Bibliography — Rob's sources
• Jean Tatlock: une marytre? — Rob's contribution to original Oppenheimer research
• Oppie and John F. Kennedy's assassination

• Dramatis personae — who's who in the novel?
• Notes on the chapter-head epigraphs
• Easter eggs — fun hidden references

• Rob's notes for the copyeditor

• The Oppenheimer-Snyder paper proposing what we now call black holes
• Hans Bethe's 1939 paper wrongly concluding our sun undergoes CNO-cycle fusion
• Official 1962 U.S. Air Force map of Mars showing canals
• Mariner IV photo #11 showing Mars craters
• "Bad Day at Red Rock" — more on the Mariner IV photos
• Frank Drake's article on Jupiter's radiation (starts at bottom right of first page)
• Freeman J. Dyson on the death of Project Orion

ePub (Kobo, Nook, Apple, etc.): 978-1-988415-23-9

Buying links below!

North American Print Editions

UNITED STATES:
CAEZIK SF&F Books
An imprint of Arc Manor Books
June 2, 2020 • US$16.99 trade paperback
Distributed to bookstores by Ingram
ISBN: 978-1-64710-013-1
Buying links below!

CANADA:
Red Deer Press
An imprint of Fitzhenry & Whiteside
June 2, 2020 • Cdn$22.95 trade paperback
Distributed to bookstores by Fitzhenry & Whiteside
ISBN: 978-0-8899-5617-9
Buying links below!

Why two different covers?
More about the North American editions

(We'll save you the currency-conversion math: as of the date the books went to press, the two North American editions were within twenty-five cents of each other in price.)

Rest-of-the-World Print Edition

Print edition for the rest of the world:
SFWRITER.COM Inc.
June 2, 2020 • Locally priced trade paperback
Distributed by Amazon in UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, India, Japan, etc.
ISBN: 978-1-988415-24-6

THE OPPENHEIMER ALTERNATIVE

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