Science Fiction Writer
ROBERT J. SAWYER
Hugo and Nebula Winner

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"I think science fiction should be fractal: no matter what level of magnification you look at it — a single person, a couple, a family, a community, a city, a nation, a world, a solar system, a galaxy, a universe, the multiverse — it should be interesting. No other type of literature has that zoom-in / zoom-out potential, and I like to take full advantage of it."

—Robert J. Sawyer

General

• Press Kit

• Rob as Keynote Speaker
• Keynote Speaker Brochure

• Author Photo
• Book Covers

• Rob's Blog: Reports on what's happening in Rob's professional and personal life — one of the web's first blogs!
  • Current blog: April 2010 to date
  • January 2006 to April 2010 (scroll down past the "This blog has moved" notice)
  • All of 2005
  • July 2002 to December 2004
  • June 2001 to June 2002
  • January to May 2001
  • October, November, and December 2000
  • July, August, and September 2000
  • May and June 2000
  • September 1999 to April 2000

• Yahoo! Groups Discussion Group

• A 10,000-word Autobiography from Contemporary Authors
• A Shorter Biography

• Rob's CV

• Scriptwriting and Broadcasting

• Info on Awards, Style and Themes, SF/Mystery Crossovers, Critical Studies
• A list of Rob's books currently in print

• The Canadian Encyclopedia entry
• Canadian Who's Who entry

• Top Ten Things to Know About Robert J. Sawyer
• In-Depth Backgrounder

• All about Rob's first SF publication
• All about Rob's first sale
• All about Rob's first science article

• Memories of helping to found Vision TV
• Memories of working at Bakka, Toronto's SF bookstore

• Robert J. Sawyer Books: the publishing imprint Rob edited

• About the Author
• Rob's Bifold Brochure (PDF)
• "The Transformed Man" — Rob's autobiographical poem
• Another biography of Rob in the form of a poem

• Press Release Index
• Rob's Newsletters
• Sawyer Novels in the Classroom

• Year in Review: 2014 / 2013 / 2007 / 2001 / 2000 / 1999 / 1998 / 1997 / 1996 / 1995
• Decade in Review: January 1999 to December 2008

• Rob on TV
• Rob's TV Demo Tape
• Rob's Thoughts on Getting Good Press

• What's a Robert J. Sawyer Book Like?
• Themes in Rob's Novels
• Humor in the SF of Robert J. Sawyer (MP3)
• Review Quotes about Rob
• Is Robert J. Sawyer a Part of Canadian Literature?

• Rob's thoughts on his short-fiction career (2015)
• Rob's thoughts on his short-fiction career (2010)

• Booking Rob as a Speaker

• Keynote Addresses / Quotes from Event Organizers
• Guest of Honorships / Quotes from Convention Organizers

Interviews and Profiles

Listen to Rob

• Shelagh Rogers inteviews Rob for 25 minute on CBC Radio One's flagship program Sounds Like Canada
• Rob speaks at the University of Waterloo (39-minute public lecture, recorded 2 October 2007).

Mainstream Media

• Quill & Quire (cover story profile)
• Books in Canada
• Crime Writers of Canada
• Canadian Space Gazette
• Inklings
• On being interviewed
• Wire Services: Canadian Press / Reuter
• Bookstores: Amazon.com / BN.com / Oxford Books
• Wikipedia entry on Robert J. Sawyer

Science Fiction Media

• Major Fiction Magazines: Amazing Stories / Analog
• Semiprozines: Alouette / Challenging Destiny / SF Chronicle / Tangent / Strange Horizons
• Reference Books: Northern Dreamers / St. James Guide
• Online Media: CompuServe / Sci-Fi Weekly / SF Revu 1997 / SF Revu 2007 / SF Crowsnest 2005
• Foreign Magazines: Italy's Corriere della Fantascienza and Delos / France's Yellow Submarine / France's Science-Fiction
• "Robert J. Sawyer, Mensch," a profile by Michael Burstein
• "On Robert J. Sawyer," a profile by Peter S. Rawlik Jr.

Conference Papers

• Fiona Kelleghan's paper "The Intimately Human and the Grandly Cosmic: Humor and the Sublime in the Works of Robert J. Sawyer" from the 2008 International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (MP3)
• Fiona Kelleghan's paper "Time and the Fiction of Robert J. Sawyer: Flash Forward to the End of an Era" from the 2009 International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (MP3)

Awards

General

• Rob's Awards and Honors
• An Introduction to Science Fiction Awards

Aurora Award

• 2000 Win / 1998 Nominations / More on 1998 Nominations / 1997 Win 1996 Win
• Trophies / Aurora ceremonies

Hugo Award

• 2003 Win / 2004 Nomination / 2001 Nomination / 1999 Nomination / 1998 Nominations / 1997 Nomination

Nebula Award

• On winning the Nebula
• 1995 Win / More on 1995 Win
• Trophy
• Nebula Stats: By Year / Winning Authors / Winning Novels
• Reflections on winning the Nebula 15 years later

Other Awards

• Arthur Ellis: 1998 Nomination / Arthur trophy
• Bram Stoker: 2001 Nomination
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award: 2006 Win
• Honorary Doctorate, Laurentian University: Conferred in June, 2007
• Galaxy Award: 2007 Win
• Le Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire: 1996 Win
• Evergreen Award: 2006 Nomination
• Seiun: 2001 Win / 1997 Win / 1997 Nomination
• SF Chronicle Reader Award: 1998 Win
• Toronto Public Library Celebrates Reading Award: 2007 Win
• Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya: On Winning UPC Award / 2004 Win / 1998 Win / 1997 Win

Miscellaneous

• Academic conference in honour of Rob
• Writer-in-Residence, Merril Collection
• 2020 Vision
• Bakka Moves
• 1998 Tour
• Coles / Smithbooks "Made in Canada" Promotion
• SFWA Presidency and Canadian Regional Directorship
• Writing Workshops
• Science Fiction: Taken For Granted (on the Canada Council for the Arts)

"Latest News" Archives

• 1998: Four Aurora Award nominations
• 1998: Factoring Humanity the most collectible book of the year
• 1998: Limited edition of Golden Fleece
• 1999: The Terminal Experiment now in a fifth printing
• 1999: Factoring Humanity #1 on the Palm Beach Daily News Bestsellers' List
• 1999: FlashForward #3 on Barnes & Noble's Year's Best List
• 1999: Factoring Humanity nominated for the Homer Award
• 1999: Rob wins Science Fiction Chronicle's Reader Award for Best Short Story of the Year
• 2000: Calculating God on Globe and Mail Bestsellers' List
• 2000: Calculating God on the Maclean's Bestsellers' List
• 2000: Rob writer-in-residence at the Richmond Hill Public Library
• 2001: Calculating God #1 on the Locus Bestsellers' List

At Your Library

Standard References

• The Writers Directory, edited by Katherine H. Nemeh, St. James Press, 2014 and 2010 editions
• "Hall of Fame" in Canadian Global Almanac, McClelland & Stewart, 2000 on
• Canadian Who's Who, University of Toronto Press, since 1997
• Contemporary Authors, Volume 149 (1995) and Volume 212 (2004)
• Contemporary Canadian Biographies, August 1999
• Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada, edited by Wiliam H. New, University of Toronto Press, 2002
• The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, edited by John Clute and Peter Nichols, 1994
• The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, edited by William Toye, 1997
• Something About the Author, Volume 81 (1995)
• St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers, St. James Press, 1996
• Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia, by Brian Stableford, Routledge, 2006

Newspapers

• Calgary Herald (by Eric Volmers), 6 May 2010
• The Toronto Star (by Minister Faust), 10 May 2009
• Edmonton Journal (by Richard Helm), 21 April 2009
• Planet S (Saskatoon) (cover story by Ashleigh Mattern), 9 April 2009
• The Maine Edge (by Allen Adams), 8 April 2009
• Moncton Times & Transcript (by Kris McDavid), 7 April 2009
• Kansas State Collegian (by Adrianne DeWeese), 5 December 2007
• Sarnia This Week (by Steve Coleman), 17 May 2007
• FFWD Weekly (Calgary) (by Hugh Graham), 26 April 2007
• Vue Weekly (Edmonton) (by Minister Faust), 26 April 2007
• Planet S (Saskatoon) (by Gregory Beatty), 26 April 2007
• Pelham News (by Derek Swartz), 14 September 2005
• Ottawa Citizen (by Bob Harvey), 1 September 2003
• The National Post, 14 July 2000
• The Toronto Star (by Philip Marchand), 1 August 1998
• Calgary Herald (by Ken McGoogan), 21 July 1998
• The Ottawa Citizen (by Jenny Jackson), 5 July 1998
• Winnipeg Free Press, 16 October 1997
• The Financial Post, 23 November 1996
• The Globe and Mail, 23 October 1996
• The Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 20 September 1996
• The Toronto Star, 13 August 1996
• The Ottawa Citizen, 26 May 1996
• The Toronto Star (by Henry Mietkiewicz), 22 August 1992

Magazines

• Philosophy Now, August/September 2010
• Toronto Life, March 2010, July 2000, and April 1997
• Maisonneuve, Summer 2007 (Issue 24)
• Quill & Quire, May 2007 cover-story profile
• American Way, 15 January 2006
• What Is Enlightenment?, September-November 2005
• Locus, February 2003 (with excerpts online)
• Saturday Night, December 1999 / January 2000
• Interzone, November 1999
• Maclean's: Canada's Weekly News Magazine, June 21, 1999
• The Mystery Review, Spring 1999
• Profit: The Magazine for Canadian Entrepreneurs, October 1997

("Read" photo by Stephen Uhraney)

More Good Reading

Robert J. Sawyer, Futurist
The Novels of Robert J. Sawyer

Student questions about Rob's writing style and Calculating God
Press Releases
Audio Clips of Robert J. Sawyer

My Very Occasional Newsletter