Science Fiction Writer
ROBERT J. SAWYER
Hugo and Nebula Winner

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“Here are a few of the things I like about Robert J. Sawyer: His novels are fast moving and tightly constructed; his characters are developed so that I care what happens to them; the science in his science fiction is intrinsic to the plot but not so arcane that readers have to be nuclear physicists to understand it; and he doesn’t imitate others or himself.”

—Denver Rocky Mountain News

Stand-alone Novels:

• The Downloaded (2024)
  Wake up to a new reality
  Opening Chapters  •  More About the Book

• The Oppenheimer Alternative (2020)
  Can the creators of the atomic bomb go on to save the world?
  Opening Chapters  •  More About the Book

• Quantum Night (2016)
  The quantum physics of self-awareness
  Opening Chapters  •  More About the Book

• Red Planet Blues (2013)
  Noir detective fiction on Mars
  Opening Chapters  •  More About the Book

• Triggers (2012)
  Near-future political thriller
  Opening Chapters  •  More About the Book

• Rollback (2007)
  Live forever ... or die trying
  Opening Chapters  •  Extended Excerpt  •  More About the Book

• Mindscan (2005)
  The fate of uploaded humanity hangs in the balance
  Opening Chapters  •  Typical Passage  •  More About the Book

• Calculating God (2000)
  Aliens say they can prove god exists
  Opening Chapters  •  Typical Passage  •  More About the Book

• FlashForward (1999)
  Everyone gets a glimpse of their lives in the future
  Opening Chapters  •  Typical Passage  •  More About the Book

• Factoring Humanity (1998)
  Surf the collective unconscious
  Opening Chapters  •  More About the Book

• Illegal Alien (1997)
  A courtroom drama with an extraterrestrial defendant
  Opening Chapters  •  Typical Passage  •  More About the Book

• Frameshift (1997)
  A genetics thriller
  Opening Chapters  •  Typical Passage  •  More About the Book

• Starplex (1996)
  Far-future outer-space adventure
  Opening Chapters  •  Typical Passage  •  More About the Book

• The Terminal Experiment (1995)
  A scientist proves that souls exist
  Opening Chapters  •  More About the Book

• End of an Era (1994)
  Time travel back to the last days of the dinosaurs
  Opening Chapters  •  More About the Book

• Golden Fleece (1990)
  Murder aboard a starship
  Opening Chapters  •  Typical Passage  •  More About the Book

The WWW trilogy — the World Wide Web gains consciousness:

• Volume 1: Wake (2009)
  The World Wide Web wakes up ...
  Opening Chapters  •  More About the Book

  

• Volume 2: Watch (2010)
  The World Wide Web comes out ...
  Opening Chapters  •  More About the Book

• Volume 3: Wonder (2011)
  The new World ...
  Opening Chapters  •  More About the Book

The NEANDERTHAL PARALLAX trilogy — novels of a different Earth:

• Volume 1: Hominids (2002)
  The Hugo Award-winning first volume
  Opening Chapters  •  Typical Passage  •  More About the Book

• Volume 2: Humans (2003)
  The Hugo Award-nominated second volume
  Opening Chapters  •  Extended Excerpt  •  More About the Book

• Volume 3: Hybrids (2003)
  The best-selling conclusion
  Opening Chapters  •  More About the Book

The QUINTAGLIO ASCENSION trilogy — a world of intelligent dinosaurs:

• Volume 1: Far-Seer (1992)
  The story of an alien Galileo
  Opening Chapters  •  More About the Book

• Volume 2: Fossil Hunter (1993)
  The story of an alien Darwin
  Opening Chapters  •  More About the Book

• Volume 3: Foreigner (1994)
  The story of an alien Freud
  Opening Chapters  •  More About the Book

Ancient Curiosities:

• Armada
  a Star Trek novel
  Sample Chapters  •  Outline

• Alien Exodus
  a novel in the Star Wars universe
  Sample Chapters  •  Outline

“Robert J. Sawyer writes my favorite kind of science fiction. Interesting characters, fast-paced plotting, science threaded elegantly into the prose — he does it all with grace and style. I am constantly amazed by the depth of Sawyer’s characters — their humanity, their failings and their instincts.”

—SF Site

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