My great friend playwright Linda C. Carson sent me this link to an article by John Olson in The Village Voice. Given that I get asked almost every day to read someone else’s manuscript, all I can say is that Olson has nailed it exactly: it’s a terrible imposition and a no-win situation. [Update: and […]
My new novel Wake is on the Locus bestsellers’ list for a third consecutive month. It debuted at #2 (and was the highest-ranked SF, as opposed to fantasy, title) in the April 2009 data period, and was #5 in May (and the second-highest-ranked SF title), and now is tied for #10 in June (as reported […]
… is now available here. (The Book Club is doing my FlashForward this month.) Visit The Robert J. Sawyer Web Siteand WakeWatchWonder.com
I missed the announcement last month, because I was traveling, but there’s now an official Hugo Awards logo (shown above), which an be used on winning books (such as — cough, cough — my own Hominids). The rocket is the one standard part of the Hugo trophy design; everything else varies from year to year. […]
Ray Barrett spoke one of the most famous lines in all of science fiction, at least for British and Canadian SF fans of my generation, in the opening credits of each episode of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s Stingray: “Anything can happen in the next half-hour.” Rest in peace, Commander Shore. SF Scope has an obituary. […]
SF Scope has a roundup of RJS news here. Visit The Robert J. Sawyer Web Siteand WakeWatchWonder.com
Reviews of the Aurora Award-winning novel FlashForward by Robert J. Sawyer, basis for the ABC TV series of the same name: “A thoroughly entertaining novel. The characters and story keep you turning the pages to see how this future turns out.” — CNN “A creative, soul-searching exploration of fate, free will, and the nature of the […]
Interview by Rob Salem in today’s edition of Canada’s largest-circulation newspaper; the online version is here. Says David, very kindly: We had an amazing time figuring out how to adapt it. I felt like I’d won the lottery of television writers. Awww. :) Visit The Robert J. Sawyer Web Siteand WakeWatchWonder.com
Woohoo! In cooperation with ABC, Tor Books in the United States has produced terrific floor-display stands (sometimes called “dumps”) for the new mass-market edition of my novel FlashForward, which is the basis of the TV series premiering two weeks from today. Here are a couple of shots of the stand in a Barnes and Noble […]
Wordnik is a cool new free online dictionary site. Look up words here, and read the FAQ here for what makes it special. Visit The Robert J. Sawyer Web Siteand WakeWatchWonder.com
The CBC — the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation — is podcasting Robert J. Sawyer‘s Hugo-nominated Rollback in 25 fifteen-minute installments read by Battlestar Galactica’s Alessandro Juliani: Rollback Podcasts And the CBC Book Club is featuring Sawyer’s Aurora Award-winning novel FlashForward this month: CBC Book Club Visit The Robert J. Sawyer Web Siteand WakeWatchWonder.com
The list keeps growing: AXN (Spain, Portugal), Digiturk (Turkey), Fox International Channels (Greece, Cyprus), Nelonen (Finland), RUV (Iceland), SBS (Netherlands), TF1 (France), TV2 (Norway), Cuatro (Spain), RTE (Ireland), Five (UK). Visit The Robert J. Sawyer Web Siteand WakeWatchWonder.com
A wonderful review of my Hugo Award-winning Hominids is here at the blog Pick-Locker. The five-star review concludes: This book pushed everything to its limits, questioning morality, immorality, evil and good. It was confusing, irritating, annoying … and yet it was also the most entertaining, and informative book I’ve read in a long time. It […]
In the interview I did recently with the CBC’s Shelagh Rogers, Shelagh and I talked about the difference between Margaret Atwood’s SF and my own. I think we’re getting better over time, and Margaret thinks we’re getting worse. I elaborate on this a lot in Wonder, the third WWW book, which I’m working on right […]
CBC Radio One’s The Next Chapter, hosted by Shelagh Rogers, interviewed Robert J. Sawyer on Saturday, September 5, about his novel FlashForward, which is the CBC’s Book Club pick this month. You can download the interview here (48-minute MP3 file; Rob comes on at the 20 minute 50 seconds mark, and goes to the 32 […]
That’s title of the first of several short videos produced by the CBC in honour of the selection of my novel FlashForward as the CBC Book Club pick for September 2009. You can watch the video — and get some glimpses of my home — here. Visit The Robert J. Sawyer Web Siteand WakeWatchWonder.com
… including, of course, FlashForward, based on my novel of the same name. The article is here. Visit The Robert J. Sawyer Web Siteand WakeWatchWonder.com
My latest email newsletter, sent out today: Hello, Robert J. Sawyer reader! Here’s the latest news from Hugo and Nebula Award-winning science-fiction writer Rob Sawyer: ==== FLASHFORWARD TV SERIES PREMIERE The TV series FLASHFORWARD, based on my novel of the same name, premieres in the United States (on ABC) and Canada (on CTV’s A channels) […]
Whether you want to get the new mass-market or trade paperback edition of my novel FlashForward — basis for the ABC TV series that premieres in 20 days — from Amazon or Barnes and Noble or Borders or McNally Robinson or Chapters or Books-A-Million or a nearby independent, you can easily order copies online through […]
I’m delighted to announce that my 1995 Nebula Award-winning novel The Terminal Experiment and my 1997 Seiun Award-winning novel Illegal Alien are both coming back into print. Ginjer Buchanan at Ace Science Fiction just bought U.S. rights to them both, and Adrienne Kerr at Penguin Canada separately just bought Canadian rights. Ace will do them […]
The editors of Tesseracts 14 will be John Robert Colombo and Brett Savory (Carolyn and I edited Tesseracts 6). Details are here. Visit The Robert J. Sawyer Web Siteand WakeWatchWonder.com
I was asked to comment on “the death of science fiction” today; here’s what I had to say: Science fiction isn’t dead; it’s in the witness-protection program, and thriving under a new identity. The term “science fiction” is downplayed by Hollywood and American publishing, so that movies like The Time Travelers Wife, TV shows like […]
My Aurora Award-winning novel FlashForward, basis for the upcoming ABC TV series of the same name, is the CBC’s Book Club pick for September 2009. Join the fun all month long here — regardless of where you live in the world. To help your along, here’s a Book Club discussion guide for FlashForward (spoiler warning […]
