You won’t be hearing much from me here for the next little while. I’m going into heads-down mode to work on my script for FlashForward. I’m writing the 19th episode, scheduled to air Thursday, May 6, 2010. Ciao! Photo: Robert J. Sawyer and FlashForward showrunner David S. Goyer Visit The Robert J. Sawyer Web Siteand […]
Now here’s a particularly nice and thoughtful fan letter; great way to start the day! I picked up Far-Seer back when it first came out back in ’92. I was intrigued by the cover and the concept. <shame>It sat unread on my shelf until a couple of months ago.</shame> I don’t know why I never […]
Instead of coming back on March 4, 2010, FlashForward, the ABC TV series based on my novel of the same name, will return two weeks later, on March 18. We’re being pushed back two weeks to keep our return from having to go head-to-head with Fox’s American Idol juggernaut; this will also let the DVD […]
The DVD of the first 10 episodes of FlashForward, the ABC TV series based on my novel of the same name, comes out on February 23, 2010. Here’s what the box art looks like (click the image for a larger view). Visit The Robert J. Sawyer Web Siteand WakeWatchWonder.com
Sci-Fi Talk interviews Robert J. Sawyer, about FlashForward, the ABC TV series based on my novel of the same name, my new novel Wake, my love for classic Star Trek and Search, and more. You can listen to the 40-minute podcast, recorded in October 20, 2009, here. Visit The Robert J. Sawyer Web Siteand WakeWatchWonder.com
ABC and Disney are releasing the first 10 episodes of FlashForward, the TV series based on my novel of the same name, on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 (Region 1 DVDs, wide-screen). Included: No More Good Days White To Play 137 Sekunden Black Swan Gimme Some Truth Scary Monsters and Super Creeps The Gift Playing Cards […]
Tomorrow — Thursday, December 17, 2009 — at 10:00 a.m. Eastern / 3:00 p.m. GMT, authors Robert J. Sawyer (FlashForward) and Michael Morpurgo (The Kites are Flying) will be the guests on Book Reviews with Simon Mayo on BBC Radio 5 Live (and a podcast will eventually be available here). I just finished reading Michael’s […]
Here’s an interesting historical artifact: Barnes and Noble’s list of the top science fiction and fantasy books of the year — from 10 years ago: BN.com Best SF&F of 1999 Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon Neil Gaiman, Stardust Robert J. Sawyer, Flashforward Michael Crichton, Timeline Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Shadow Elizabeth Haydon, Rhapsody Brian Herbert & Kevin […]
The Chronic Rift: Spotlight on Robert J. Sawyer. Check it out. (35 minutes MP3.) Visit The Robert J. Sawyer Web Siteand WakeWatchWonder.com
Doubtless, you’ve all heard that FlashForward, the ABC TV series based on my novel of the same name, is off the air until March 4, 2010. A lot of people are spinning this online as a bad thing, or a sign of lack of faith in the show on the part of ABC. I suspect […]
After the documentary FlashForward Revealed aired in the UK tonight, interviewing me, the FlashForward novel is back in the top 100 storewide of Amazon.co.uk (for a total of 49 days so far in the top 100 there). W00t! [Update: I’ve now seen the show; the interview with me was recorded at the Canadian Light Source, […]
Phil Plait’s blog entry today at Discover magazine (the “Bad Astronomy” blog, but, of course, he’s not accusing me of that) is about me and FlashForward. Way, way cool! Thanks to my friend H. Don Wilkat for the heads-up about this! Visit The Robert J. Sawyer Web Siteand WakeWatchWonder.com
AfterElton.com (“News, Reviews & Commentary on Gay and Bisexual Men in Entertainment and the Media”) gives five reasons you should be watching FlashForward, the ABC TV series based on my novel of the same name. Number three is: ” It’s based on the book by the very gay-friendly Robert Sawyer.” Woot! The whole list is […]
The Spanish edition of FlashForward, my novel that is the basis for the ABC TV series, is the #2 bestseller store-wide at Casa del Libro, Spain’s leading online bookseller: 1. El Simbolo Perdidoby Dan Brown 2. FlashForwardby Robert J. Sawyer 3. El Viaje Intimo de la Locuraby Roberto Iniesta 4. Como Detectar Mentiras: Una Guia […]
My two weeks in the Writers’ Room for FlashForward, the ABC TV series based on my novel of the same name, came to an end this afternoon — and the writers and their staff very, very kindly made a cake in honor of my visit. The cake says, “He who sees story breaking suffers it […]
Next Friday, November 27, 2009, my prize-winning hour-long science-fiction TV pilot script Earthfall will be read at the WILDsound TV and Short Screenplay Festival at the National Film Board of Canada Theatre in Toronto (150 John Street). Tickets are $6 in advance; $8 at the door. Pauline Wong, pictured above, will be reading the main […]
I love Singapore — I was a guest at a writers’ festival there in 2005. And now Singapore’s The Straits Times has reviewed my novel FlashForward, comparing and contrasting it with the TV series based on it: In Sawyer’s book, there are great swathes of physics, paragraphs on mathematics and philosophy and also musings about […]
Having a blast in Los Angeles (have been here since Sunday November 8). Spent five days last week with the staff writers for FlashForward, the ABC TV series based on my novel of the same name. The show’s current staff writers are (alphabetically): Scott Gimple, David S. Goyer, Ian Goldberg, Seth Hoffman, Barbara Nance, Quinton […]
The Times — a major British newspaper — reviewed my novel FlashForward (basis for the TV series of the same name) yesterday; the review is by acclaimed SF writer Lisa Tuttle, and concludes: [T]he novel is an intellectual puzzle, drawing on theoretical physics to raise questions about time and space and the existence of free […]
For fans of FlashForward, the ABC TV series based on my novel of the same name, a historical note on Agent Al Gough (played wonderfully by Lee Thompson Young), who had the big story line this past week (in “The Gift”). In the actual TV series, he should be credited as the character who, in […]
I’ll be interviewed about my novels Wake and FlashForward on 1370 Connection with Bob Smith, the noon (Eastern time) show on AM 1370, the NPR station in Rochester, New York, this Friday, November 6, 2009. You’ll be able to listen live here, and I’ll be on for most of the hour between noon and 1:00 […]
On Friday, November 27, 2009, Robert J. Sawyer‘s television pilot script for Earthfall will have a staged reading by professional actors at the National Film Board of Canada’s Theatre at 150 John Street, in the Entertainment District in downtown Toronto. I wrote Earthfall as a pilot for an hour-long episodic science-fiction TV series; it’s not […]
It’s always nice when a novel goes into a new printing. My most-recent mass-market paperback is the Hugo Award-nominated Rollback (which had a very successful run in hardcover prior to that). Tor Books has gone back to press for another printing — which gave them the chance to mention that I’m also the author of […]
This week’s episode of FlashForward, the ABC TV series based on my novel of the same name, not only added a whole lot of physics to the show but also revealed where Mark Benford and Dr. Olivia Benford live: at 25696 Sawyer Court. We see the above address label in the flashforward vision of Dylan […]
David S. Goyer, executive producer and showrunner of FlashForward, the ABC TV series based on my novel of the same name, discusses (among other things) my involvement with the series and the episode that I’ll be writing (episode 17) in this 1 minute 46 second YouTube interview. For a larger picture or HD version, go […]
A nice video interview with Jessika Borsiczky, executive producer of FlashForward, the TV series based on my novel. (Jessika’s last name is pronounced Bor-shees-key.) Tune in tonight for episode 5, “Gimme Some Truth.” I was on the set for much of the filming of this one, and enjoyed having lunch with guest star Glynn Turman. […]
In honor of the release of the new tie-in editions of my 1999 novel FlashForward, which is the basis for the hit ABC TV series, I wrote a little essay about the book for Tor.com. Here it is. Visit The Robert J. Sawyer Web Siteand WakeWatchWonder.com
Holy crap! My novel FlashForward — basis for the hit TV series — is currently the #2 bestselling book store-wide at Play.com, the UK’s second-largest online retailer. Here’s the list: Congratulations to Simon Spanton and the team at Gollancz, my British publisher, for getting the book out there with such success. Visit The Robert J. […]
The UK edition of the FlashForward novel by Robert J. Sawyer hit #22 storewide at Amazon.co.uk today; has moved up to #5 in genre; and is holding strong at #1 in science fiction. (And the book has now spent nine days in the top 100 at Amazon.co.uk — yay!) Visit The Robert J. Sawyer Web […]
ABC today announced that it has renewed FlashForward, the TV series based on the novel of the same name by Robert J. Sawyer, for a full season. On top of the initial order of 13 episodes, another 11 will be produced this season, for a first-season total of 24. The ABC press release is here. […]
