Talk:Flashforward (novel)

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Plot discussion, second flash forward
I read the occurrences of the second flashforward differently an they are described in this article. I took it that those people who experience a flash the second ti e actually experience a series of flashes that stretch into the future. Because each flash is separated by several decades, most people only experience the first flash briefly and then are dead at subsequent flash points. Lloyd experiences the whole series as if they were a movie following him through time. This article currently describes a single flash the is so far in the future that only Lloyd experiences it. Any comments on how other people interpreted these events? ronningt (talk) 13:08, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Pope Benedict
I'm confused by the bit of the article that states: "In a "NewsFlash" in the novel, Pope Benedict XVI (who was pope when the novel takes place, but not when it was written) reserves judgement on whether the Flashforward was a miracle or not."

Is this saying that Benedict was actually named specifically in a novel written 6 years before his election? Some clarification around this point would be great. -- 50.92.203.209 (talk) 09:20, 17 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes, that's what it says (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_clergy_and_religious_figures#Popes) Laz (talk) 19:09, 17 August 2011 (UTC)