Production delays due to COVID-19 kept the audiobook of my new novel, The Oppenheimer Alternative, from coming out the same day the printed book and ebook did — but it’s out now, and it’s magnificent. I told the audio publisher they’d need an actor who could do all the different character accents as well as […]
MORE SPOILERS — BIG ONES — YOU’VE BEEN WARNED! Yesterday, in PART ONE of his discussion, I wrote about some of my problems with Delia Owens’s debut novel Where The Crawdads Sing. As I said then and I reiterate now, I did enjoy the book, and certainly don’t want to take away from anyone else’s […]
THIS IS PART ONE OF TWO; PART TWO IS HERE SPOILER ALERT! Last week, I finished reading Where the Crawdads Sing, the much-lauded bestselling debut novel by Delia Owens. I’M NOT KIDDING: SPOILERS! I understand that a great many people love this book, and I myself enjoyed it a lot, although parts of it — […]
I’m chuffed to be the first clue in today’s Quizword crossword in the Sunday Mirror in the UK (Sunday, June 21, 2020). “6 Across” is “1999 science fiction novel by Robert J Sawyer.” I never foresaw that! ;) (Click picture for larger version.) Robert J. Sawyer online:Website • Patreon • Facebook • Twitter • Email
Six years ago, on June 12, 2014, the University of Winnipeg — the oldest university in the province of Manitoba, Canada — gave me an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree; former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chréitien also received the same degree that day. I was nominated for the honorary doctorate jointly by the Dean of […]
Users of Kobo E Ink reading devices,something has gone wrong at the Kobo servers, and the master file of The Oppenheimer Alternative seems to have been corrupted. I’ve just uploaded a replacement version, and I’ll let you know when it goes live. It was fine on launch day, and I don’t know what happened at […]
Yesterday (Tuesday, June 2, 2020) was the official publication date of my 24th novel, The Oppenheimer Alternative — and where better to launch the book than the place where it all began? I spent an hour in conversation with Mike Shinabery of the New Mexico Museum of Space History on his morning show on KRSY-AM […]
