Robert J. Sawyer

Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer

Archive for November, 2007

The Canadian Encyclopedia on RJS

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Stumbled on the fact today that The Canadian Encyclopedia now has an article on Robert J. Sawyer. That’s kinda cool, ’cause years ago, I wrote the entry on science fiction for The Canadian Encyclopedia; it’s nice now to be worthy of my own entry. :) The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site

RJS Books Table at WFC

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Here’s a photograph from the Robert J. Sawyer Books table at the 2007 World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga Springs, New York. Left to right: Stephanie Stewart, the US Marketing Manager for Fitzhenry & Whiteside, the company that publishes my imprint; Robert J. Sawyer, editor; and Matthew Hughes, author of our latest release, The Commons. The […]

The Spiritual Brain

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Hot on the heels of finding myself quoted in the bestselling The 4-Hour Workweek, I find that I’m also quoted and referred to four times in the new nonfiction book The Spiritual Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Case for the Existence of the Soul, by Mario Beauregard, Ph.D., and Denyse O’Leary, a new hardcover from HarperOne. Cool! […]

Exploring "Uncommon Ground" on religious TV

Monday, November 5th, 2007

I’ll be interviewed for a full hour on Canadian television this coming Saturday, November 10. I’ll be on CTS (yes, that’s Crossroads Television System, a Christian broadcaster) on the program “Uncommon Ground.” The theme is the role of women in my novels, and the host is: Dr. Rachael Turkienicz, a leading Jewish voice in bringing […]

World Fantasy Convention

Monday, November 5th, 2007

I’m on my way home from the World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga Springs, New York, chaired by my great friend Joe Berlant. Carolyn and I had a fabulous time. Everybody was thrilled with the poetry slam Carolyn ran Thursday night, and I think I acquitted myself adequately on my two panels (which is actually a […]