Paul Levinson interviewed “FlashForward” book author Robert J. Sawyer on his podcast, Light On Light Through. Here’s the description of that interview from the website:
With less than a week to go until the premiere of FlashForward on ABC Television on September 24, 2009, 8 pm Eastern time – based on Rob Sawyer’s novel of the [...]

Prime-time television will hit the books this fall and winter with several series drawn directly from the pages of successful novels.
The upcoming lineup includes the hotly anticipated sci-fi serial “Flashforward,” adapted from the Canadian bestseller of the same name; the “Vampire Diaries,” based on the popular youth series; “Eastwick,” based on John Updike’s “The Witches [...]

Upcoming ABC series FlashForward is about people who see the future. But there’s no futurism in it. Robert Sawyer, author of the novel that inspired the series, said the show’s producers felt they could sell science, but not the future.
Speaking to us at WorldCon science fiction convention in Montreal, Sawyer explained why the show (featuring John Cho, [...]

Is the title of my book — and the TV series based on it — one word or two? I was asked that question in the comments section of this post, but since people keep wondering, I’m putting the answer in its own blog post, too:
It’s complicated (sigh). I always intended the title to be one [...]

As we wait for further news on the show – and indeed, wait for filming on the pilot to begin, in the first place – now is the time to pick up a copy and read the book that the show is based on. Written by the award-winning sci-fi author Robert J. Sawyer, Flashforward won [...]