Singularity's Praises

In an email conversation with Bill DeSmedt, he sent the following quotes regarding his book, Singularity -- he actually got Kip Thorne to read it -- wow!

I very much enjoyed Bill DeSmedt's Singularity. Aside from a few implausibilities, Bill got the vast majority of the physics right, which is highly unusual - especially in a book that is such a good read.

- Kip Thorne, Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, California Institute of Technology, and author of the national bestseller Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy.

Singularity is an uncommonly good science thriller, quite free of what always bothered me: the poetic license writers take with the laws of nature in order to put together the yarn. Those are thought provoking scenes, where quantum indeterminacy and human mind interact. I can certainly recommend it.

- Jacob D. Bekenstein, Michael Polak Professor of Theoretical Physics, Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and co-discoverer of Bekenstein-Hawking black-hole radiation.

As a physicist, I find that one of the most satisfying aspects of Bill Desmedt's Singularity is that it does time travel right. It has a wonderfully complete feeling, reminiscent of Isaac Asimov's story "The Red Queen's Race" or Terry Gilliam's movie "12 Monkeys". And, as a specialist in black hole astrophysics, I would also have to say that this is one of the most creative uses of primordial black hole theory in existence.

- Scott A Hughes, Assistant Professor, MIT Department of Physics and Center for Space Research.