Tomorrow morning, Friday, November 16, 2007, I’ll be on CBC Radio One’s flagship show Sounds Like Canada talking about Star Trek vs. Star Wars. I, of course, am a big advocate that Star Trek is the more significant work. The producers have grabbed two sound clips from The Original Series of Trek at my request: […]
The recording went fine this afternoon for my interview about the future of privacy for CBC Radio One’s Definitely Not the Opera; the show will air on this Saturday, November 17, 2007. Some of my thoughts on this issue first appeared in this deliberately provocative piece in Maclean’s, Canada’s weekly newsmagazine. Pictured: Host Sook-Yin Lee […]
Over the years, a lot of science-fiction news sites have appeared. I check all of them from time to time, but for many months now my favorite has been one that’s fairly new on the scene: SFScope, edited by Ian Randal Strock, formerly of Analog, and also associated with Science Fiction Chronicle and Artemis. Why […]
Well, Amazon.com has weighed in with its list of “Best Books of 2007.” Here’s the list for Science Fiction and Fantasy. See the starburst that says “Best of 2007” and the banner that says “Best Books of 2007”? Ah, but what does the descriptive text say? “Here are the topselling science fiction and fantasy books […]
I’ll be interviewed about the future of privacy this Saturday, November 17, at 1:00 p.m. on CBC Radio One’s Definitely Not the Opera, hosted by Sook-Yin Lee (who’s dropping by my home tomorrow to record the interview, and — I kid you not — look through my trash). Above: Sook-Yin, as she recently appeared in […]
Check out ZTreeWin — a modern implementation of the legendary XTree DOS file manager, but for Windows. So much more powerful, and so much less awkward, than Windows Explorer. One of my all time favorite apps. The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site
Tomorrow — Tuesday, November 13, 2007 — Tor Books releases Futures from NATURE, edited by Henry Gee, an anthology of 100 short-short science-fiction stories first published in Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science. The anthology contains my story “The Abdication of Pope Mary III” (which first appeared in Nature‘s 6-12 July 2000 issue). In its […]
I’ve been in Brandon, Manitoba (not to be confused with Benson, Arizon) the last couple of days. Yesterday, I gave the keynote address to the Manitoba Public Libraries annual meeting — a spirited hour and fifteen minutes, with Q&A, about the future of libraries. I was quite provactive, and the librarians really seemed to enjoy […]
You decide! Scott Edelman’s photo of artist Alan M. Clark and author Robert J. Sawyer from the 2007 World Fantasy Convention. The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site
There’s a new podcast of me teaching at Odyssey, the wonderful SF&F workshop run by Jeanne Cavelos. Podcast #9 there is the new one, on whether your SF element in your story is extraneous; the previous one, Podcast #4, is still there: me talking about point-of-view. Check ’em out! The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site
Canadians dominate the current bestsellers list at Bakka-Phoenix, Toronto’s SF speciality store, including my essay collection back on the hardcover list at #4! See here.
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
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 […]
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! […]
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 […]
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 […]
Since 1995, Carolyn and I have been putting out an occasional newsletter that goes to booksellers, publishing professionals, and media with news about me and my books. A PDF of the latest issue (#24) is now available right here. The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site
Note to self: glass trophies are hard to photograph. :) Robert J. Sawyer with the Galaxy Award, China’s top science-fiction award; Rob won in the category of “Most Popular Foreign Author.” The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site
I’m delighted to announce that I will be giving the keynote address at the dedication ceremony for the The David J. Williams III Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Collection at Kansas State University, in Manhattan, Kansas, at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 4, 2007. More info on the collection is here. The Robert J. Sawyer […]
I am the solo opening-night reader for the inaugural year of Words Alive, the Brandon Book Festival, in Brandon, Manitoba. Come see me on Thursday, November 8, at 7:30 p.m. The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site
I was one of the authors participating in the International Festival of Authors at Harbourfront, in Toronto, this past week. I’m afraid my time was marred by the Cold From Hell, but I still enjoyed myself immensely. Tuesday night, I did a reading along with Spider Robinson, Jasper Fforde, and poet Jay MillAr; many people […]
See photos of the ceremony in Vancouver (of which I was master of ceremonies) in Jean-Louis Trudel’s blog; also see the official list — now up! — here. Read Rob’s report on the ceremony here. Best Long-Form Work in English * Children of Chaos, Dave Duncan (Tor Books) Best Long-Form Work in French * Reine […]
I’ll get the full list up as soon as I can confirm it, but the three English pro categories for the Auroras went to: Long-Form: Dave DuncanShort-Form: Robert J. SawyerOther: Neo-Opsis Yay! The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site
Sorry to be so scarce of late, but I’ve been too busy having a ball. From October 9-14, 2007, I was a participant at WordFest: The Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival in Alberta, and I’m now at the follow-up writers-only Summit Salon in Banff, one of my favourite places in the world. WordFest is one of […]
One of the hottest nonfiction books around for the last several months has been The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss. It’s hit #1 on the New York Times bestsellers’ list, and #1 on the Wall Street Journal bestsellers’ list, and, as I write this, its Amazon.com […]
I’ve been crazy busy. Sunday was Word on the Street, Toronto’s open-air book fair; I was there selling books from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (including doing a reading). Monday, I did four hours of talks at Upper Canada College (above), one of Toronto’s ritziest private boys’ schools. Tuesday, it was off to the University […]
I’m off to Calgary for WordFest: the Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival, and so is my buddy Charles de Lint (above), as well as Tom Wayman, and we’re all reading together at the Vertigo Theatre Centre — Playhouse on Saturday, October 13, at 10:30 a.m. Tickets are $14. All the details are here, and you can […]
Toronto’s World’s Biggest Bookstore is promoting Hominids in the latest issue of their online newsletter, as you can see here: World’s Biggest Bookstore’s Sci-Fi Fan Letter: Sci-Fi Fan Letter Issue 14. The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site
The sixth issue of Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show — just out — has a lengthy interview with me conducted by Darrell Schweitzer. Each issue costs just $2.50, and always includes a new Enderverse story by Orson Scott Card himself. The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site
Twenty years ago today, September 28, 1987, Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered. Every week for the first year, Carolyn and I had her brother David over, along with friends Norm Gall and Andi, and sometimes one or two others, to watch. After the episodes — mostly, to be honest, painfully bad that first year […]
