Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Canadian science-fiction author of 25 novels including THE DOWNLOADED ; keynote speaker. Member, The Order of Canada.
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A few updates to the webpage for NorthCon, a one-day SF convention in Toronto, being held Saturday, April 24, 2027, including hotel booking information. I'll be there!
sfwriter.com/northcon.htm
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The Unofficial Hugo Book Club blog has a rave review of SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION, which concludes “It is an impressive overview, one that should get consideration for the Best Related Work Hugo.”
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LOCUS on SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION: “Veering from panegyric to apologia, shifting from ethical advocacy to frustrated jeremiads, it covers the essence of Sawyer's thinking on genre and his own place in it. In this sense, it's Sawyer's _summa_ on SF.”
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ScreenRant just released its list of the best hard sci-fi books of the past ten years. Number one on their list is my THE OPPENHEIMER ALTERNATIVE!
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Buying links for THE OPPENHEIMER ALTERNATIVE:
sfwriter.com/buylinks.htm#oa
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A new one-day SF convention in Toronto, coming Saturday, April 24, 2027: NorthCon, run by fannish legends Lloyd and Yvonne Penney!
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Various podcast platforms have the interview with me from the CBC's THE NEXT CHAPTER about SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION now:
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Yesterday's terrific broadcast interview with me on CBC Radio One's THE NEXT CHAPTER with Antonio Michael Downing about SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION is now available for streaming at the CBC site, or wherever you get your podcasts. Here's the CBC link:
cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-6…
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UPDATE! Friday and Saturday night room parties at Can*Con are in room 1810 (on the 18th floor) — NOT the 4th floor as previously indicated.
Friday at 9:00: Canadian SF&F Association party
Saturday at 9:00: My LIVE LONG AND PARTY! party
Everybody welcome at both!
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In honour of today's 75th anniversary of I LOVE LUCY, here's Desi Arnaz singing the seldom-heard lyrics to the TV show's theme song:
youtube.com/watch?v=7fn7PKzf…
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Robert J. Sawyer retweeted
114 years ago #OTD Oct 15, 1912 - Arthur Conan Doyle's great SF novel THE LOST WORLD was first published in book form, after monthly appearances in The Strand Magazine. Both the regular (10,716 copies. 6/-) and large paper (190 copies bound. 10/6) editions were released by H&S.
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Robert J. Sawyer retweeted
Before their star turns in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Christopher Plummer gave William Shatner a big center-stage opportunity.
Here’s a look at Henry V, a kidney stone, and newspaper articles that may contradict some of our captain’s memoir.
collectingtrek.ca/2026/10/14…
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Robert J. Sawyer retweeted
The latest Shadowpaw Press newsletter features, of course, ON SPEC 2026: NEW CANADIAN LITERATURE OF THE FANTASTIC. shadowpawpress.substack.com/…
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Get my just-released SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION and 14 other terrific ebooks (including the life-changing THE ARTISAN AUTHOR by Johnny B. Truant) in the 2026 Novel Writing Tools Bundle curated by the great @TheKJA for just US$30.
storybundle.com/writing
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Wonderful, detailed review of my novel CALCULATING GOD by Sam McDonald:
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