Authors: Robert J Sawyer
WWW 3: Wonder (46 page)
In 2008, he spoke at the Gartner IT Security Summit in Washington, D.C. In 2010, Rob gave a keynote address at the Toward a Science of Consciousness conference at the University of Arizona, and he’s also spoken on machine consciousness at the Center for Cognitive Science at the University of Pennsylvania and to the Math and Physics Department at the University of Waterloo.
Rob’s novel
FlashForward
was the basis for the ABC television series. He is one of only eight writers in history to win all three of the world’s top awards for best science-fiction novel of the year: the Hugo (which he won for
Hominids),
the Nebula (which he won for
The Terminal Experiment),
and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (which he won for
Mindscan).
FlashForward
was the basis for the ABC television series. He is one of only eight writers in history to win all three of the world’s top awards for best science-fiction novel of the year: the Hugo (which he won for
Hominids),
the Nebula (which he won for
The Terminal Experiment),
and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (which he won for
Mindscan).
In total, Rob has won forty-four national and international awards for his fiction, including eleven Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards (“Auroras”), as well as
Analog
magazine’s Analytical Laboratory Award,
Science Fiction Chronicle
’s Reader Award, and the Crime Writers of Canada’s Arthur Ellis Award, all for best short story of the year.
Analog
magazine’s Analytical Laboratory Award,
Science Fiction Chronicle
’s Reader Award, and the Crime Writers of Canada’s Arthur Ellis Award, all for best short story of the year.
Rob has won the world’s largest cash prize for SF writing, Spain’s 6,000-euro Premio UPC de Ciencia Ficción, an unprecedented three times. He’s also won a trio of Japanese Seiun awards for best foreign novel of the year, as well as China’s Galaxy Award for “Most Popular Foreign Science Fiction Writer.”
In addition, he’s received an honorary doctorate from Laurentian University and the Alumni Award of Distinction from Ryerson University.
Quill & Quire,
the Canadian publishing trade journal, calls him one of the “thirty most influential, innovative, and just plain powerful people in Canadian publishing.”
Quill & Quire,
the Canadian publishing trade journal, calls him one of the “thirty most influential, innovative, and just plain powerful people in Canadian publishing.”
Rob lives in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, with poet Carolyn Clink. His website and blog are at
sfwriter.com
, and on Twitter and Facebook he’s
RobertJSawyer
.
sfwriter.com
, and on Twitter and Facebook he’s
RobertJSawyer
.
BOOKS BY ROBERT J. SAWYER
NOVELS
Golden Fleece
End of an Era
The Terminal Experiment
Starplex
Frameshift
Illegal Alien
Factoring Humanity
FlashForward
Calculating God
Mindscan
Rollback
End of an Era
The Terminal Experiment
Starplex
Frameshift
Illegal Alien
Factoring Humanity
FlashForward
Calculating God
Mindscan
Rollback
The Quintaglio Ascension Trilogy
Far-Seer
Fossil Hunter
Foreigner
Fossil Hunter
Foreigner
The Neanderthal Parallax Trilogy
Hominids
Humans
Hybrids
Humans
Hybrids
The WWW Trilogy
Wake
Watch
Wonder
Watch
Wonder
COLLECTIONS
Iterations
(introduction by James Alan Gardner)
Relativity
(introduction by Mike Resnick)
Identity Theft
(introduction by Robert Charles Wilson)
(introduction by James Alan Gardner)
Relativity
(introduction by Mike Resnick)
Identity Theft
(introduction by Robert Charles Wilson)
For book-club discussion guides, visit
sfwriter.com
sfwriter.com
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