A Hard Science Fiction Writer Worth Reading
If you like science fiction that is believable, entertaining, and thought provoking all at the same time - then check out the works of Robert J Sawyer! His books are filled with good characters, well-devoloped theories, and engaging plotlines.
I discovered the fiction of Robert J Sawyer while browsing the bookshelves of my local bookstore. Hopefully, you can benefit from my "luck" (I just picked one of his books out on a whim).
Three reasons I like Robert J Sawyer
The theories that he explores in his work are interesting and engaging.
He writes a lot of non-fiction in books, newspapers, and essays that make my mind take notice.
Robert J Sawyer at a Glance
Robert James Sawyer (born April 29, 1960) is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 18 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won over forty awards for his fiction, including the Nebula Award (1995), the Hugo Award (2003), and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (2006).
Sawyer was born in Ottawa and is now a resident of Mississauga.
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Robert J. Sawyer is one of the most successful Science-Fiction writers in the world. He has won the Hugo, the Nebula and the Campbell Awards in his seventeen year long career be concentrating on not just the 'what-ifs' of Science-Fiction, but the 'how-nows'. His latest, "Rollback" mixes hard SF with human ethics and morality.
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Rollback Sawyer's latest book is at Amazon
Dr. Sarah Halifax decoded the first-ever radio transmission received from aliens. Thirty-eight years later, a second message is received - and Sarah, now 87, may hold the key to deciphering this one, too ... if she lives long enough.
A wealthy industrialist offers to pay for Sarah to have a rollback - a hugely expensive experimental rejuvenation procedure. She accepts on condition that Don, her husband of sixty years, gets a rollback, too. The process works for Don, making him physically twenty-five again. But in a tragic twist, the rollback fails for Sarah, leaving her in her eighties as the second message arrives.
While Don tries to deal with his newfound youth and the suddenly vast age gap between him and his wife, Sarah struggles to do again what she'd done once before: figure out what a signal from the stars contains.
Exploring morals and ethics on both human and cosmic scales, Rollback is the big new SF novel by Hugo and Nebula Award-winner Robert J. Sawyer.
Rollback (Sci Fi Essential Books)
Release Date: 04/03/2007
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Robert J Sawyer Official Website
- Author Robert J. Sawyer: Hugo, Nebula, and Campbell Memorial Award-winning Science Fiction Writer
- Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning and Nebula Award-winning Science Fiction writer. Author of 17 SF novels. Sample chapters from each book, full-text short stories, how to write tips. Over ONE MILLION words; 530 documents; 25,000 hypertext links.
- Science Fiction Writer Robert J. Sawyer: Atheists
- This essay was first published as an op-ed piece in The Ottawa Citizen on 4/2/2007.
- Science Fiction Writer Robert J. Sawyer: Science FACTion God and the Brain
- Transcript from a weekly column that Sawyer does on CBC Radio One.
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- cosmicxeelee cosmicxeelee Dec 9, 2007 @ 12:47 pm
- Calculating God was one of my favorites - it brought an element not usually found into SF, even if my beliefs differ. Good to see some SF being promoted!
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- rockycha rockycha Oct 17, 2007 @ 12:49 am
- Hi Tolovus :) I was checking out your 100 club post on the forum. Good work! 5 stars. Feel free to drop by my new lenses: Coffee World and For the Love of Acid Cigars Thanks! Carrie/rockycha
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