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Robert J Sawyer

(Robert James Sawyer)
Canada (b.1960)

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'
.Robert J. Sawyer has been described as Canada's answer to Michael Crichton. Critically acclaimed in the US he is regarded as one of SF's most significant writers and his novels are regularly voted as fan's favourites. He lives just outside of Toronto.

Genres: Science Fiction

New and upcoming books

May 2024

The Downloaded

Series

Quintaglio Ascension
   1. Far-Seer (1992)
   2. Fossil Hunter (1993)
   3. Foreigner (1994)

Neanderthal Parallax
   1. Hominids (2002)
   2. Humans (2003)
   3. Hybrids (2003)

WWW
   1. Wake (2009)
   2. Watch (2010)
   3. Wonder (2011)

Novels

   Golden Fleece (1990)
   End of An Era (1994)
   The Terminal Experiment (1995)
   Starplex (1996)
   Frameshift (1997)
   Illegal Alien (1997)
   Factoring Humanity (1998)
   Flashforward (1999)
   Calculating God (2000)
   Mindscan (2005)
   Rollback (2007)
   Triggers (2012)
   Red Planet Blues (2013)
   Quantum Night (2016)
   The Oppenheimer Alternative (2020)
   The Downloaded (2024)

Collections

   Iterations (2002)
   Identity Theft (2008)
   Earth (2019)
   Space (2019)
   Time (2019)

Anthologies edited

Crossing the Line (1999)

Series contributed to

Tesseracts
6. Tesseracts 6 (1997) (with Carolyn Clink)

Star Trek
Boarding the Enterprise (2006) (with David Gerrold)

Enigma Front
   2. Enigma Front: Burnt (2016) (with others)
   3. Enigma Front: The Monster Within (2017) (with others)
   5. The Stories We Hide (2019) (with others)
   6. The Machines That Make Us (2023) (with others)

Non fiction show

Robert J Sawyer recommends

To Each This World (2022)
Julie E Czerneda
"The search for the 21st-century's Larry Niven is now officially over. Julie E. Czerneda gives us a galaxy-spanning vision of credible aliens and high-stakes conflict. A wonderful book."

Hot Moon (2022)
(Apollo Rising, book 1)
Alan Smale
"Alan Smale is one of the brightest stars in the hard-SFfirmament, and Hot Moon is his best novel yet. Enjoy!"

Beach Blonde (2021)
(Beach , book 1)
John Lawrence Reynolds
"Gritty, witty, and compulsively readable."

Dead Space (2021)
Kali Wallace
"Kali Wallace is a force to be reckoned with."

A History of What Comes Next (2021)
(Take Them to the Stars, book 1)
Sylvain Neuvel
"Clever and compelling, it will keep you enthralled until the end."

Glow (2021)
(Glow, book 1)
Tim Jordan
"Tim Jordan's Glow is a terrific read from a major new voice. A first-rate novel; I was enthralled."

Threader Origins (2021)
(Ouantum Empirica, book 1)
Gerald Brandt
"Gerald Brandt knocks it out of the park again! Quantum physics, parallel worlds, and a rip-roaring plot—what more could you want? In some reality, this book will win major awards — not just because all quantum possibilities do occur but because it bloody well deserves to."

Murphy's Lawless (2020)
(Murphy's Lawless)
Griffin Barber, Kacey Ezell, Charles E Gannon, Kevin Ikenberry, Chris Kennedy, Mike Massa and Mark Wandrey
"Chuck Gannon writes the kind of science fiction we all grew up on: rousing, mind-expanding, pulse-pounding sagas of spaceships and aliens. He's a terrific writer, and we're lucky to have him."

The Alpha Enigma (2020)
(Team PSI, book 1)
W Michael Gear
"What a ride! Excitement, adventure, and intrigue, all told in W. Michael Gear's vivid, compulsively readable prose. A terrific new science-fiction series; Gear hits a home run right out of the park and all the way to Capella."

Freedom's Last Gasp (2020)
(Exodus , book 2)
M A Rothman
"Who says hard science fiction is dead? The field is safe and sound in the hands of Michael Rothman. Real science from a real scientist..."

The Pursuit of the Pankera (2020)
Robert Heinlein
"The Pursuit of the Pankera is old-school Heinlein: the writer we all loved taking us on one more great ride. For those of us with a fondness for the rollicking Heinlein of the early days, with larger-than-life oh-so-competent characters and snappy, just-this-side-of-screwball-comedy dialog, this lost gem is a must."

Rejoice (2018)
Steven Erikson
"Steven Erikson hasn't just reinvigorated the first-contact novel, he's reinvented it. This is a wholly original book, brilliantly conceived and flawlessly executed, with a fascinating central conceit related to curbing human violence. And, for once, we have a novel set in a world in which not only does the science-fiction genre exist but it's respected. A masterpiece."

Black Chamber (2018)
(Alternate World War, book 1)
S M Stirling
"Nobody carries a bigger stick in the alternate-history game than S.M.Stirling."

Trope-ing the Light Fantastic (2018)
Edward M Lerner
"A must-have for every science-fiction writer."

All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (2017)
(All Those Explosions, book 1)
James Alan Gardner
"Genius...An absolute joy."

The Genius Plague (2017)
David Walton
"David Walton is one of our very best writers of science-fiction thrillers, and The Genius Plague is a triumph from first page to last. This one will stick with you."

Shattered Minds (2017)
(False Hearts, book 2)
Laura Lam
"Ingenious...Gritty and Wise."

Don't Look Back (2017)
John Gribbin
"A visionary, and one heck of a good storyteller."

Escape Velocity (2017)
Ron S Friedman
"Ron Friedman is a terrific writer. I've watched with pleasure and admiration as he's grown over the years since the days when he was my writing student. Canada has yet to produce its counterpart to Larry Niven, but Ron's well on his way to filling that role."

Strangers Among Us (2016)
Susan Forest and Lucas K Law
"Strangers Among Us... is important, shining a much-needed spotlight on issues that get far too little attention. A wonderful anthology, one of the major SF&F books of the year. Bravo!."

Transgalactic (2016)
(Transcendental Machine, book 2)
James Gunn
"A tight, fierce novel from one of the field's giants."

The Cave Beneath the Sea (2015)
(Shards of Excalibur, book 4)
Edward Willett
"Willett brings great energy, clarity, and excitement to every page."

The Ultra Thin Man (2014)
(Union of Worlds, book 1)
Patrick Swenson
"Patrick Swenson keeps the pages turning in this slick, clever noir novel. Wonderful world-building, a terrific read, and an auspicious debut: truly the stuff that dreams are made of."

Thunder Road (2012)
(Thunder Road Trilogy, book 1)
Chadwick Ginther
"[A] stunning debut novel."

Destiny's Fall (2012)
(Destiny , book 2)
Marie Bilodeau
"Marie Bilodeau knocks my socks off."

The Unincorporated Woman (2011)
(Unincorporated, book 3)
Dani Kollin and Eytan Kollin
"Reminiscent of Heinlein - a good, old-fashioned, enormously appealing SF yarn. Bravo!"

Edge (2010)
(Josh Cumberland, book 1)
Thomas Blackthorne (John Meaney)
"A spectacular writer."

Gaslight Grimoire (2009)
Jeff Campbell and Charles Prepolec
"A wonderful addition to the bookshelf of any fan of Sherlock Holmes or of the supernatural. Terrific stories, great variety, genuine chills: it's all here."

Singularity's Ring (2008)
Paul Melko
"Debut novel of a stellar new talent."

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 (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 (2007)
Minister Faust
"An outlandish, outrageous tour de force by the most innovative prose stylist in the field."

The Last Guardian of Everness (2004)
(Everness, book 1)
John C Wright
"The first significant debut of the new millennium."

The Dark Ascent (2004)
(Dark Wing, book 3)
Walter H Hunt
"Walter H. Hunt is the new master of military SF."

Omnifix (2004)
Scott MacKay
"This is a terrific book from first page to last: big ideas, believable characters, great action - it's all here."

Picoverse (2002)
Robert A Metzger
"Physics hasn't been this much fun since Timescape."

They Also Serve (2001)
(Society of Humanity, book 3)
Mike Moscoe
"A major new talent."

Raptor without a Cause (2000)
(Dinoverse , book 3)
Scott Ciencin
"Dinoverse is terrific - the closest anyone will ever come to experiencing a living dinosaur."

The Runelords (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 (1998)
Mona Clee
"Clee writes beautiful, poetic prose about hard and dangerous events."

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."

The Infinite Sea (1996)
(Chaos Chronicles, book 3)
Jeffrey A Carver
"An absolutely terrific book."

Songs of Chaos (1993)
Shariann Lewitt
"The best book yet by one of SF's hottest and hippest writers."

More recommendations

Books containing stories by Robert J Sawyer

State of the Ark (2023)
Canadian Futurefiction
edited by
Lesley Choyce

Sense of Wonder (2023)
A Century of Science Fiction
edited by
Leigh Ronald Grossman

Unnerving Magazine: Issue #14 (2020)
Another Stephen King-Inspired Extended Edition
(Unnerving Magazine, book 14)

More books

Awards

	1995 Nebula Award for Best Novel : The Terminal Experiment
	1996 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Terminal Experiment
	1996 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Starplex
	1997 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Starplex
	1998 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Frameshift
	1998 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Hand You're Dealt
	1999 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Factoring Humanity
	2001 Bram Stoker Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Fallen Angel
	2001 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Calculating God
	2001 John W Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Calculating God
	2003 Hugo Award for Best Novel : Hominids
	2003 John W Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Hominids
	2004 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Humans
	2006 John W Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel : Mindscan
	2008 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Rollback
	2008 John W Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Rollback
	2010 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Wake
	2010 John W Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Wake

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