Just spent 75 minutes on the phone with David S. Goyer, director of the Flash Forward pilot, and co-author (with Brannon Braga) of the pilot script. Not much I can say, except, man, this is going to be a cool show! Filming starts February 21, 2009, in Los Angeles, and Carolyn and I will be […]
Toronto’s annual general-interest SF convention Ad Astra is looming: it takes place March 27-29, 2009. I’ll be there, of course, and so will the multitalented Joanne Ellen Hansen (pictured), who is the artist guest of honour this year. She’ll be joined by writer GoHs David Drake, Tamora Pierce, and Timothy Zahn, plus an amazing roster […]
Once again, I’ll be one of the authors at the Book Lover’s Ball, the Toronto Public Library’s annual black-tie fundraiser. Tickets are $500. This is the fourth annual event; at the second one, I received the $2,500 Toronto Public Library Celebrates Reading Award; this year’s winner will be announced at this year’s ball, which takes […]
The redoubtable John Joseph Adams just bought reprint rights to my 2000 short story “The Shoulders of Giants” for his upcoming anthology Federations (Prime Books). I’m absolutely thrilled, because “Shoulders” is, I think, one of my very best stories. It was originally published as the lead story in the DAW anthology Star Colonies, which also […]
Louis Braille, who invented the writing system for the blind that bears his name, was born 200 years ago this week. Caitlin Decter, the main character in my upcoming novel Wake, is blind, and uses Braille. And BBC has a really good article about what it’s like to be a Braille user here. (Oh, and […]
From Clint Budd, Aurora Award administrator (with a big shout out of congrats to Clint for getting nominations rolling so early!): THE AURORAS! — This year at Worldcon! Aurora Awards website Nominations open January 1st, 2009, and close February 28th, 2009. An on-line and a printable nomination form is at here. Partial list of eligible […]
Welcome to 2009, the International Year of Astronomy! Things are looking up already! :) I’m amused that “Yours to Discover,” the slogan for the IYA, is the same as that for the province of Ontario, where I live: (And, yes, that’s my real license plate.) The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site
