Robert J. Sawyer

Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer

Archive for April, 2009

No Norwescon for Rob

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Sadly, I’ve had to bow out of Norwescon in Seattle this month. It’s a great con, and I’m very sorry to miss it. I’ll still be at the other cons and festivals I’m scheduled for this year: FilKONtario, Xanadu Las Vegas, The Frye Festival, Keycon, Readercon, the Montreal Worldcon, Con-Version, VCON, the Surrey International Writers […]

Supernatural Investigator on hiatus

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

No, we didn’t get canceled, and we haven’t been attacked by ghosts. Supernatural Investigator is on a planned hiatus this week and next week. We’ll be back as usual on Tuesday, April 14, with an episode about “Chaos Magick.” Here’s an episode guide. The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site

RJS events in San Francisco and Canada

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

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 — […]

USA Today has first official Flash Forward picture

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

USA Today yesterday had the first official photo from the ABC series pilot based on my novel Flash Forward (above; click for larger version; photo by ABC’s Ron Tom), and in their article they say: There are still a few big bets [for the fall TV season]: • ABC is spending $7 million on Flash […]

Review of the Calculating God reissue

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

SciFi Dimensions has just posted a lovely review of my Calculating God on the occasion of it being reissued in trade paperback by Tor Books. The review concludes: “If sci-fi is literature that leaves you thinking as it thoroughly entertains you, then Sawyer’s Hugo and Campbell Award finalist Calculating God is a paragon of the […]

FilKONtario

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

I’m Special Guest at FilKONtario this weekend in Toronto, Canada’s largest filking convetion. Come on out and join the fun! I’m particularly thrilled because my friends Randy McCharles and Val King are coming all the way from Calgary for the con. W00t! The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site