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Science Fiction Writer  ROBERT J. SAWYER  Hugo and Nebula Award Winner SFWRITER.COM | Novelist • Keynote Speaker | Press Kit • Blog   In Bookstores Now!   "A cause for celebration; a tour de force." —Analog Maclean's and Globe and Mail bestseller! Opening chapters • Reviews • More info Listen to SETI astronomer Seth Shostak's interview with Rob about Red Planet Blues (MP3 audio, 8 minutes) Watch Space's TV interview with Rob (video, 3 minutes)   Science Fiction Thrillers   From the #1 Bestselling Amazon.com Technothriller Author! "Triggers is constantly gripping on the surface and seriously provocative deep down." —The Wall Street Journal Triggers: Someone is reading the president's memories! • "A turbo-charged technothriller." —Publishers Weekly • On sale now! FlashForward: Basis for the ABC TV series! • "A thoroughly entertaining novel." —CNN • Aurora Award winner!   Free Newsletter Subscription   Want to receive Rob's email updates once or twice a year? Subscribe here.   The WWW Trilogy   The World Wide Web wakes up "Lately, I've been inspired by ideas from Robert J. Sawyer." —Artificial-intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky The history-making series! Every volume in WWW trilogy has won the Aurora Award — Canada's top honor in science fiction and fantasy writing — for best novel of the year! WWW: Wake: Hugo finalist! • Starred Publishers Weekly review! WWW: Watch: Hal Clement Award winner! • Audie Award finalist! WWW: Wonder: #1 Canadian bestseller! • "This is Robert J. Sawyer at his very best." —Analog   New Editions   Nebula Winner • Seiun Winner • Aurora Winner "Cracking open a Robert J. Sawyer book is like getting a gift from a friend who visits all the strange and undiscovered places in the world. You can't wait to see what he's going to amaze you with this time." —John Scalzi The Terminal Experiment: A scientist discovers proof for the existence of the soul. • "A great story; a crackerjack novel." —The Globe and Mail • Nebula Award winner! Illegal Alien: A courtroom drama with an extraterrestrial defendant. • "The best Canadian mystery of the year." —The Globe and Mail • Winner of Japan's top SF award! Starplex: The wormholes are open; discovery awaits. • "An epic hard-science adventure tempered by human concerns; highly recommended." —Library Journal • Hugo and Nebula finalist!   Book Club Favorites   Thought-provoking novels perfect for reading groups "Rob Sawyer has carried the banner of Asimovian science fiction into the twenty-first century." —Robert Charles Wilson Mindscan: A doomed man uploads his consciousness into an artificial body. • "In Sawyer's capable grasp the story positively sings with humor, insight, and depth." —SF Site • John W. Campbell Memorial Award winner! Calculating God: An alien lands in Toronto claiming to have proof for God's existence. • "The best science-fiction novel of the year." —Denver Rocky Mountain News • Hugo finalist and Audie winner! Rollback: An elderly couple undergoes a rejuvenation treatment — but it fails for one of them. • "A novel to be savoured by SF and mainstream readers alike." —The Globe and Mail • Hugo Award finalist! Book Club Discussion Guides   Neanderthal Parallax   The Hugo Award-winning HOMINIDS and its sequels "Charming and provocative — some of the most outrageous, stimulating speculation since Robert A. Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land questioned our tired, timid conventions." —Publishers Weekly The bestselling Neanderthal Parallax trilogy explores a version of Earth where Neanderthals survived to the present and we did not — and a portal that opens up between our world and theirs. Hominids • Humans • Hybrids   Short-Story Collections   The Complete Short Fiction of Robert J. Sawyer "At every opportunity, Sawyer forces his readers to think while holding their attention with ingenious premises and superlative craftsmanship." —Booklist Two matching volumes, with Rob's notes on every story. Iterations and Other Stories • Identity Theft and Other Stories   Quintaglio Ascension   Science battles religion with alien counterparts of Galileo, Darwin, and Freud "Fresh, exhilarating. A dynamic and inspiring trilogy. Highly recommended." —The Toronto Star "An uncanny allegory of the human condition." —Books in Canada Far-Seer • Fossil Hunter • Foreigner   Other Award-Winning Novels   Factoring Humanity: Surf the collective unconscious. • "Sawyer's finest novel to date. Scientifically plausible, fictionally intriguing and ethically important." —New Scientist • Hugo Award finalist! Frameshift: A genetics thriller. • "Highly recommended." —Library Journal • Hugo Award finalist! Golden Fleece: A murder mystery aboard a starship. • "Sawyer's JASON is the deepest computer character in all of science fiction." —Orson Scott Card • Aurora Award winner! End of an Era: Discover what really killed the dinosaurs. • "It's not too much to say that this is one of the most accomplished SF novels of the last 10 years." —Quill & Quire • Seiun Award winner!   Free Science Fiction!   Novel Chapters • Complete Short Stories Offering free fiction online since 1995!   Rob One of "The CanLit 30"   Quill & Quire, the Canadian publishing trade journal, recently released its first-ever list of "The CanLit 30: The most influential, innovative, and just plain powerful people in Canadian publishing." Only three authors made the 30-person list: Margaret Atwood, Douglas Coupland, and Robert J. Sawyer. The write-up about Rob says: "When Penguin Canada snatched up domestic rights to science fiction giant Robert J. Sawyer last year, it felt like the Canuck industry was finally waking up to an entire genre. Not that Sawyer really needed the nod: he already sells more than respectably and has a shelf full of major sci-fi prizes. As a generous mentor to other writers, the proprietor of his own eponymous imprint at Red Deer Press, and a frequent media pundit, Sawyer is the public face of Canadian sci-fi."   Other Recent Honors   According to the Locus Index to Science Fiction Awards, Robert J. Sawyer is the #1 all-time worldwide leader in number of award wins as a science-fiction or fantasy novelist (second place goes to China Miéville; Stephen King, Ursula K. LeGuin, and Connie Willis are tied for third place). Rob is also the #1 all-time leader in number of award nominations as a science-fiction or fantasy novelist (second place goes to Stephen King). Among Rob's honors: RTA Wall of Fame • Aurora Award • Humanism in the Arts Award • Hal Clement Award • Honorary Doctorate • Audie Award • China's Top SF Award • Toronto Public Library Award   Who is Robert J. Sawyer?   Robert J. Sawyer is one of only eight writers in history — and the only Canadian — to win all three of the world's top Science Fiction awards for best novel of the year: the Hugo, the Nebula, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (the full list of such winners: Paolo Bacigalupi, David Brin, Arthur C. Clarke, Joe Haldeman, Frederik Pohl, Kim Stanley Robinson, Robert J. Sawyer, and Connie Willis). Read: Quill & Quire profile Listen: Sounds Like Canada radio interview (MP3) "Robert J. Sawyer is just about the best science fiction writer out there these days." —Denver Rocky Mountain News "Robert J. Sawyer is by any measure one of the world's leading (and most interesting) science-fiction writers." —The Globe and Mail "Robert J. Sawyer is the science fiction genre's northern star — in fact, one of the hottest SF writers anywhere. By any reckoning Sawyer is among the most successful Canadian authors ever." —Maclean's: Canada's Weekly Newsmagazine "Robert J. Sawyer is a highly successful and accomplished novelist, a gentle giant of a writer." —The New York Review of Science Fiction "Robert J. Sawyer is the dean of Canadian science fiction." —CBC Radio "Robert J. Sawyer is the dean of Canadian science fiction." —The Ottawa Citizen "Robert J. Sawyer is Canada's leading SF author." —Booklist "Robert J. Sawyer is Canada's premier science fiction writer." —Quill and Quire "Robert J. Sawyer is a writer of boundless confidence and bold scientific extrapolation." —The New York Times "Robert J. Sawyer is on a par with giants like Asimov and Heinlein — and, perhaps more than any other science fiction writer working today, he understands that it's a genre about ideas." —Mystery News "Robert J. Sawyer is one of the foremost science fiction writers of our generation." —SF Site "Robert J. Sawyer is the leader of SF's next-generation pack." —Barnes and Noble What's a Robert J. Sawyer novel like?   There's Lots More Here!   Over ONE MILLION words • 720 documents • 25,000 links The first-ever science-fiction author website, established Wednesday, June 28, 1995, and most recently updated on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. You are visitor since 1 January 1998. Home Novels About Rob For Book Clubs Blog Search Short Stories Press Kit How to Write Facebook Buy Books Nonfiction E-mail Rob Canadian SF Twitter   Twitter Feed   Copyright © 2013 by Robert J. Sawyer. All rights reserved.