Robert J. Sawyer

Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer

Archive for July, 2020

2020 Cordwainer Smith Rediscover Award Winner announced

Monday, July 27th, 2020

For Immediate Release Wednesday, July 22, 2020 The 2020 Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award is presented today to: Rick Raphael (1919-1994) The jury particularly cites: Raphael’s 1966 fixup novel Code Three, composed of three shorter works the first two of which were published in Analog and were each separately nominated for the Hugo Award. Raphael’s 1960 […]

Expert interview for 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Sunday, July 26th, 2020

75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki BOOK AN EXPERT INTERVIEW! Award-winning author ROBERT J. SAWYER has over 800 radio and TV interviews under his belt The world first learned of the existence of atomic bombs seventy-five years ago next week. Commemorate these important anniversaries with an expert interview subject:Thursday, August 6, […]

Bad Day at Red Rock

Wednesday, July 15th, 2020

Fifty-five years ago, we got our first good look at the surface of Mars — a photo that figures prominently in my new novel The Oppenheimer Alternative. As I said five years ago, on the 50th anniversary of this picture from Mariner IV:Possibly the saddest science photo ever. Our first close-up look at Mars, from Mariner 4, […]

Book an expert interview for Trinity Test and the Birth of the Atomic Age

Saturday, July 4th, 2020

75th Anniversary of the Birth of the Atomic Age Book an Expert Interview! Award-winning author ROBERT J. SAWYER has over 800 radio and TV interviews under his belt The atomic age was born 75 years ago in 1945. Commemorate these important anniversaries with an expert interview subject:Thursday, July 16, 2020: 75 years since the first […]