'Flashback' by Dan Simmons

These book club discussion questions on Flashback by Dan Simmons will help your book club work through the future Simmons' creates.

Spoiler Warning: These book club discussion questions contain details about the story. Finish the book before reading on.

1. Are there elements to this story that seem eerily plausible to you? If so, what and why?
2. For the first half of the book, whose story intrigued you the most? Nick’s or Val’s?
3. Did you ever lose interest in the mystery or the characters? If so, where?
4. What literary and film references and allusions did you see running throughout the novel?
5. Were the overt political tones distracting or do you think they served the story?
6. Could you see a drug like Flashback thriving in our world? Why or why not?
7. Were you able to figure out the mystery before the end? Why or why not?
8. Do you think pain is instructive in life? Why or why not?
9. What is the most important service a memory can serve a person? A nation? The world?
10. Rate Flashback 1 to 5.