Robert J. Sawyer

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The National Post — a major Canadian daily newspaper distributed coast-to-coast and headquartered in Calgary — has a wonderful review by Michel Basilières of my novel Wake today, which says in part: Sawyer is one of the most successful Canadian writers ever. He has won himself an international readership by reinvigorating the traditions of “hard” […]

So begins my essay “Seeing the Web,” now available at the Penguin USA website, as part of their promotion for my new novel Wake. Check it out. The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site

The blog “Science Fiction and Other Oddysseys” just posted a nice interview with me conducted by Ann Wilkes. You can read it here, and more about my novel Wake, which I discuss in the interview (among other things) here. Pictured: Robert J. Sawyer and Ann Wilkes at Rob’s signing at Borderlands Books in San Francisco […]

Library Journal has weighed in on my novel Wake: Sf veteran Sawyer (Hominids) continues to push the boundaries with his stories of the future made credible. His erudition, eclecticism, and masterly storytelling make this trilogy opener a choice selection. W00t! The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site

And a lovely review it is, too. Of course, they’re reviewing the unabridged audio book version from Audible.com, but the review says lots of nice things about the novel. Particularly gratifying to me is this: Is Caitlin’s blindness realistic? This is where my own personal experience comes into play. I’ve been legally blind since birth, […]

Uh-oh! The time for my event in Ottawa on April 29, 2009, is 7:30 p.m., not 7:00 p.m. as previously announced. Sorry about the confusion! Book Signing & Birthday CelebrationThe Clock Tower Brew Pub575 Bank StreetOttawa, OntarioWednesday, April 29, 2009, 7:30 p.m.Hosted by Perfect Bookshttp://www.clocktower.ca/http://www.perfectbooks.ca/index.html The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site

My event at Borderlands Books went fabulously: big crowd, lots of books sold, and lots of fun. A special treat was that my cousin Eric Peterson came to the event. Before my reading, I met a fellow named Sean, who seemed intrigued by my books. He bought a mass-market paperback of Calculating God — used! […]

Print interviews with Rob about Wake: SF Signal Tor.com John Scaliz’s Whatever (a “Big Ideas” essay by Rob) The Page 69 Test The Mississauga News Audio interviews with Rob about Wake: Peter Anthony Holder of Montreal Talk Radio CJAD (30 minutes) The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site

Peter Anthony Holder hosts Holder Tonight on Montreal radio station CJAD-AM and Toronto radio station CFRB-AM. He had Robert J. Sawyer on this past Thursday, April 9, 2009, to talk about his new novel Wake. You can hear the whole half-hour interview right here (click to play; right click to download the MP3 file). The […]

Yesterday, Wake started showing up in Canadian bookstores (and I myself saw the nice display of copies at the Indigo on Yonge Street just north of the 407 in Greater Toronto). And I got to do something that’s very special: I got to autograph the first copy of the finished book. I always annotate that […]

To my astonishment and delight, my Wake is the #1 “Technothriller” bestseller on Amazon.com: (Posted at 12:05 a.m. on Friday 10 April 2009) 1. Wake by Robert J. Sawyer2. State of the Union by Brad Thor3. Daemon by Daniel Suarez4. Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry5. Digital Fortress by Dan Brown6. Vixen 03 by Clive Cussler7. […]

First reported Canadian bookstore sighting of my new novel Wake was today, appropriately enough at Bakka-Phoenix, Toronto’s SF specialty store. I used to work there in 1982, and the store is hosting the Toronto launch party for Wake on April 30 at the Dominion on Queen pub at 500 Queen Street East, at 7:00 p.m. […]

Marshal Zeringue’s fascinating blog “The Page 69 Test” features Wake today. The idea is you flip to page 69 of a book, and discuss whether it’s typical or not, and so on. Lots of fun. Marshal also talks about Wake here and here. (I also did “The Page 69 Test” for Rollback back in 2007.) […]

Proving that there a great bunch of people, my previous publisher Tor.com has a wonderful, lengthy interview with me today about Wake, my new novel for Ace. The interview was conducted by the terrific John Klima, who is a Hugo finalist this year for his fanzine Electric Velocipede. The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site

A good, meaty interview, on the occasion of the publication of Wake, is now up over at SF Signal. John DeNardo conducted the interview. The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site

Go on over to John Scalzi’s “Whatever” blog and find out: I’ve got a 1,000-word “Big Ideas” essay over there today. Check it out! The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site

W00t! The American Library Association’s Booklist has weighed in on Wake: Sawyer’s take on theories about the origin of consciousness, generated within the framework of an engaging story, is fascinating, and his approach to machine consciousness and the Internet is surprisingly fresh. The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site

The April 8, 2009, edition of The Maine Edge — the weekly arts and culture newspaper in Bangor, Maine — has a glowing review of Wake on page 7, and an interview with me on page 8. You can read them both in the PDF version of the newspaper here. Or read the interview online […]

Audible.com has the exclusive audio book of Wake, released today to coincide with the release of the American hardcover edition. It’s a terrific multi-voice unabridged reading, narrated by Jessica Almasy, Jennifer Van Dyck, A.C. Fellner, Marc Vietor, and yours truly, Robert J. Sawyer, and featuring an exclusive audio introduction by me. You can get it, […]

Today is the official U.S. publication date for my 18th novel, WWW: Wake. It is now available in bookstores in the U.S., through online booksellers, for Amazon’s Kindle, the Sony Reader, and in eReader, Mobipocket, and Microsoft Reader formats from Fictionwise.com. The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site

At least I think they’re snappy. I was asked by a magazine doing a piece about Wake for a one-liner they could use as a teaser. I gave them five, and told them to take their pick: Ray Kurzweil says the singularity is near. Actually, it’s all around us. The World Wide Web will soon […]

Check it out. (Many thanks to J.F. Lewis, who runs the SFWA Pressbook — see his own news here.) The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site

My 18th novel science-fiction novel, Wake, will be released in the United States on April 7, and in Canada on April 14. In its starred review, denoting a book of exceptional merit, Publishers Weekly says, “The wildly thought-provoking first installment of Sawyer’s WWW trilogy explores the origins and emergence of consciousness. The thematic diversity — […]

Penguin Canada is giving me two big Canadian launch parties for Wake: Book Launch & Birthday CelebrationThe Clock Tower Brew Pub575 Bank StreetOttawa, OntarioWednesday, April 29, 2009, at 7:00 p.m.Book sales provided by Perfect Booksclocktower.caperfectbooks.ca Book LaunchDominion on Queen (pub)500 Queen Street EastToronto, OntarioThursday, April 30, 2009, 7:00 p.m.Book sales provided by Bakka-Phoenix Booksdominiononqueen.combakkaphoenixbooks.com (I […]

At least, The Easton Press thinks so. Just got word that they’ll be doing a signed, numbered, limited leather-bound edition of Wake. Cool! The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site

Fictionwise.com has the ebook of my next novel Wake available for pre-order right here. The ebook — and the paper book — will be available April 7, 2009. The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site

… despite the “sexual innuendos.” So says Flamingnet, a YA book review site with YA reviewers. You can read the 17-year-old reviewer’s thoughts here. (Rating: 10 out of 10.) The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site

Penguin Canada is sending me to 12 cities to promote Wake — w00t! We’re still finalizing the venues, but I thought I’d give people a heads-up about the cities and dates: Vancouver: Monday, April 20 Calgary: Tuesday, April 21 Edmonton: Thursday, April 23 Moncton: Saturday, April 25 Montreal: Tuesday, April 28 Ottawa: Wednesday, April 29 […]

For the RJS completeists out there, I’ll note that the new issue, number 75, of the Canadian literary magazine CNQ (aka Canadian Notes & Queries) contains an excerpt from my now novel Wake. The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site