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Robert J Sawyer

(Robert James Sawyer)
Canada   (1960 - )
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About Robert J Sawyer
Robert Sawyer was born in Toronto, Canada. He studied Radio and Television Arts, and after graduating in 1982 he began a lucrative career in journalism. He began writing science fiction in 1988 and is now a full-time writer. Sawyer has twice won the Aurora, the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Award; and in 1993 he won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Short Story, by the Crime Writers of Canada. He won the 1995 Nebula Award for his novel 'Terminal Experiment'.
 
New and Forthcoming Hardbacks

Identity Theft: And Other Stories
Identity Theft
And Other Stories

Wake
Wake
(WWW, book 1)

New and Forthcoming Paperbacks

Identity Theft: And Other Stories
Identity Theft
And Other Stories

Series
Quintaglio Ascension
1. Far-Seer (1992)
2. Fossil Hunter (1993)
3. Foreigner (1994)
Far-SeerFossil HunterForeigner
 
Neanderthal Parallax
1. Hominids (2002)
2. Humans (2003)
3. Hybrids (2003)
HominidsHumansHybrids
 
WWW
1. Wake (2009)
 
Series contributed to
Tesseracts (with Carolyn Clink)
6. Tesseracts 6 (1997)
Tesseracts 6
 
Anthologies edited
 
Non fiction
Relativity
 
Anthologies containing stories by Robert J Sawyer
100 Great Fantasy Short Short StoriesDinosaursDinosaurs IISherlock Holmes in Orbit
Dante's DisciplesChildren of Dracula: Dark Destiny IIIFree SpaceNebula Awards 31
Return of the DinosaursTime Machines: The Best Time Travel Stories Ever WrittenFar FrontiersGuardsmen of Tomorrow
Star Colonies
 
Short stories
The Contest (1980)
Just Like Old Times (1993)
You See But You Do Not Observe (1995)
Above It All (1996)
Peking Man (1996)
Forever (1997)
The Hand You're Dealt (1997)Hugo (nominee)
Fallen Angel (2000)Bram Stoker (nominee)
The Shoulders of Giants (2000)
Star Light, Star Bright (2000)
Wiping Out (2000)


Awards
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1996) : The Terminal Experiment
Nebula Best Novel winner (1996) : The Terminal Experiment
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1997) : Starplex
Nebula Best Novel nominee (1997) : Starplex
Hugo Best Short story nominee (1998) : The Hand You're Dealt
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1998) : Frameshift
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1999) : Factoring Humanity
Bram Stoker Best Short story nominee (2001) : Fallen Angel
Hugo Best Novel nominee (2001) : Calculating God
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2003) : Hominids
Hugo Best Novel winner (2003) : Hominids
Hugo Best Novel nominee (2004) : Humans
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel winner (2006) : Mindscan
Hugo Best Novel nominee (2008) : Rollback


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Author Robert J. Sawyer: Nebula Award Winning Science Fiction Writer


Robert J Sawyer recommends
Songs of Chaos
Songs of Chaos (1993)
Shariann Lewitt
"The best book yet by one of SF's hottest and hippest writers."
Night Sky Mine
Night Sky Mine (1996)
Melissa Scott
"William Gibson meets Samuel R Delany! Melissa Scott's Night Sky Mine is her best book yet, with first rate world building and first rate storytelling."
Branch Point
Branch Point (1996)
Mona Clee
"A complex, exciting, thoughtful time-travel novel. Clee writes beautiful poetic prose about hard and dangerous events."
The Infinite Sea
The Infinite Sea (1996)
(Chaos Chronicles, book 3)
Jeffrey A Carver
"An absolutely terrific book."
The Sum of All Men
The Sum of All Men (1998)
(Runelords, book 1)
David Farland
"David Farland is a consummate stylist, and his characters are so alive they walk right off the page. The Runelords is a wonderful fantasy novel."
Overshoot
Overshoot (1998)
Mona Clee
"Clee writes beautiful, poetic prose about hard and dangerous events."
Raptor without a Cause
Raptor without a Cause (1999)
(Dinoverse, book 3)
Scott Ciencin
"Dinoverse is terrific - the closest anyone will ever come to experiencing a living dinosaur."
The Price of Peace
The Price of Peace (2000)
(Society of Humanity, book 2)
Mike Moscoe
"A major new talent."
They Also Serve
They Also Serve (2001)
(Society of Humanity, book 3)
Mike Moscoe
"A major new talent."
Mindworlds
Mindworlds (2001)
(Flesh and Gold, book 3)
Phyllis Gotlieb
"Phyllis Gotlieb is the grande dame of Canadian SF. A poet with a cosmic perspective who elevates space opera to a high art."
Trapped
Trapped (2002)
James Alan Gardner
"Gardner will be one of the big names of 21st century science fiction."
Picoverse
Picoverse (2002)
Robert A Metzger
"Physics hasn't been this much fun since Timescape."
The Dark Path
The Dark Path (2003)
(Dark Wing, book 2)
Walter H Hunt
"The new master of military SF."
The Last Guardian of Everness
The Last Guardian of Everness (2004)
(Everness, book 1)
John C Wright
"The first significant debut of the new millennium."
The Dark Ascent
The Dark Ascent (2004)
(Dark Wing, book 3)
Walter H Hunt
"Walter H. Hunt is the new master of military SF."
Omnifix
Omnifix (2004)
Scott MacKay
"This is a terrific book from first page to last: big ideas, believable characters, great action - it's all here."
Plague Year
Plague Year (2007)
(Plague , book 1)
Jeff Carlson
"Jeff Carlson is a terrific writer and Plague Year is a marvelous book, full of memorable characters, white-knuckle scenes, and big ideas. Get in on the ground floor with this exciting new author."
Birthstones
Birthstones (2007)
Phyllis Gotlieb
"Phyllis Gotlieb is the grand dame of Canadian SF, a poet with a cosmic perspective who elevates space opera to high art."
From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain
From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain (2007)
Minister Faust
"An outlandish, outrageous tour de force by the most innovative prose stylist in the field."
Singularity's Ring
Singularity's Ring (2008)
Paul Melko
"Debut novel of a stellar new talent."



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