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... The protagonist in Max Meyer's utopian novel, The Other Side of Now, arrives at the scene of a crime and undertakes a quest for truth. In his research he discovers scenes that have taken place in different centuries, and he experiences events in the past that shake up his view of history .

... Daniel von Arx takes an amazing journey that causes him to question everything he has ever believed. ... as he slowly begins to understand the truth behind the crime, he suddenly begins to believe in time travel, and to understands the underlying physics involved. ... In the process, Von Arx confronts some of life's most important questions, only to discover that he will find no answers even with the most intense research. Finally, there is only this: “Could we humans have directed our own development from the future?”

This book reads like a sci-fi thriller--yet The Other Side of Now offers more truth than the works of Jules Verne and Co. and is, in some respects, even more exciting. With this novel Max Meyer has created an incredibly delightful read that successfully entertains as a thriller, but with comedic elements. The reader experiences a mixture of (literary) fiction and science that engages the senses and intellect. This book offers a passionate drama - without romantic sentiment. A must for readers of all stripes.

A Utopian Novel that Will Make You Think

Where do we come from? Where are we going? These questions are addressed by Max Meyer, Chairman of the Board of Migros Aare, in his science fiction novel, The Other Side of Now. And the answers are both stimulating and gratifyingly controversial.

The novel begins like a thriller, with a murder at the university. The crime draws a young student ever deeper into a hidden world. It quickly becomes clear that he is dealing with something that goes far beyond the initial crime. Something that will turn his entire worldview upside down. Something that will cast human evolution and the historical progress of science in a whole new light. ...
The Other Side of Now astonishes us with a fictional Utopia well grounded in physics and which leads us to suspect the degree to which we humans have been able to influence our own development and will continue to influence its direction.

With a wink, the author shoves back the limits of the imaginable and leads readers to question their concepts of science and religion. Is his Utopia of human development a pure joke? Or does is it harbor a grain of truth to be taken seriously? Decide for yourself!

The novel The Other Side of Now was originally published in German in May 2012 by the August von Goethe-Literaturverlag, Frankfurt. It is available in all major bookstores and via the Website www.jenseits-dieser-zeit-ch. (This article appeared in both the Aare Info and the Migros Magazine in 2012.)