Peter Anthony Holder on FlashForward
by Rob - January 18th, 2010.Filed under: FlashForward.
Peter Anthony Holder, a famed Montreal broadcaster and blogger, just sent me this wonderful email about my novel FlashForward, which is the basis for the ABC TV series of the same name, and, with his kind permission, I’m posting it here:
As I mentioned to you I decided that it was high time that I read FlashForward. Needless to say, it was fantastic!
I was halfway through the book yesterday (Saturday) when it just grabbed my by the throat and I couldn’t put it down. I paused briefly for a late dinner, did a little bit of work and later stopped to watch Saturday Night Live. It was my intent at 1am to read a couple more chapters for about an hour or so and head off to bed.
The end result was I just stayed up all night and sometime around 6am I finally got to the last page. WOW. WHAT A RIDE!
I am so glad I decided to read the book before the return of the television show in the spring and I am going to urge any and everyone who is a fan of the show to grab the book NOW and enjoy it!
It’s not often when reading a novel, that I pause briefly to think about my own existence, but FlashForward is a book that actually makes you do that. WHAT A READ! WHAT A READ!
I was thinking of saying “congratulations” on the success of FlashForward but that seems like a hollow word here. The book has been successful for a decade and is now a hit television series, so some sort of validation from me is pointless.
So what I will say is “thank you.” Thank you for allowing me to see the future through your eyes, enjoy a good read and even think about my future, past and present in the process.
Everybody should read FlashForward and I will now go out and tell them so!
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