Carolyn and I will both be attending the NASA-sponsored Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop for Writers in Laramie, Wyoming, 14-21 July 2009. I was given early acceptance to the workshop (along with my friend Andy Duncan, a World Fantasy Award winner), but I’m very proud of Carolyn, who applied on her own, and was accepted on […]
I’m the answer to clue 36-Down in the May 4, 2009, crossword puzzle in The Globe and Mail: Canada’s National Newspaper. The clue is: Robert ____ (renowned Canadian novelist)You can access it online here. Many thanks to my old friend CBC Radio producer Doug MacDonald (who produced “What If? An Exploration of Alternative Histories,” a […]
Hardcore Nerdity discusses the Toronto launch of Robert J. Sawyer’s Wake. Pictured: Mark Askwith, Robert J. Sawyer The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site
Robert J. Sawyer is giving an invited talk entitled “Webmind: When the Web Wakes Up” at the at the University of Pennsylvania‘s Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, 3810 Walnut Street in Philadelphia, this Wednesday, May 6, 2009, from noon to 1:15 p.m. The talk deals with some of the science behind Sawyer’s current novel, Wake. The […]
Just got out of a press screening of the new J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie. It totally, totally rocked, and succeeds 100% at its dual goals both of appealing to hardcore Trek fans and also being totally enjoyable and accessible to those who have never seen any Trek before. This thing is going to have […]
A nice review on the CA Reviews blog of my Wake, which says in part: While this is clearly a novel of big ideas, the author never neglects the individual characters. Caitlin, her parents, Dr. Kuroda, and even the kids at school all seem very realistic. Allowing us to follow Caitlin’s story from her point […]
Canada’s wonderful bookstore chain McNally Robinson has been a great supporter of my work over the years, and I’ve become friends with many of their booksellers (including Kent Pollard and Ian Goodwillie in Saskatoon, and Chadwick Ginther in Winnipeg). In honour of the recent release of my 18th novel Wake, McNally Robinson has named me […]
