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Hugo Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer  ROBERT J. SAWYER  Author of WWW:Wake and FlashForward SFWRITER.COM | Novelist • Keynote Speaker | Press Kit • Blog The novel FlashForward by Robert J. Sawyer   The WWW Trilogy   The World Wide Web wakes up "Lately, I've been inspired by ideas from Robert J. Sawyer." —Artificial-intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky WWW: Wake: Hugo finalist! • Aurora winner! • Starred Publishers Weekly review! WWW: Watch: Canadian bestseller! • "This is science fiction at its best." —Analog WWW: Wonder: The concluding volume — coming soon!   New Canadian Editions   The Terminal Experiment: A scientist discovers proof for the existence of the soul. • "A great story; a crackerjack novel." —The Globe and Mail • Nebula Award winner! Illegal Alien: A courtroom drama with an extraterrestrial defendant. • "The best Canadian mystery of the year." —The Globe and Mail • Winner of Japan's top SF award! Starplex: The wormholes are open; discovery awaits. • "An epic hard-science adventure tempered by human concerns; highly recommended." —Library Journal • Hugo and Nebula finalist!   Book Club Favorites   Mindscan: A doomed man uploads his consciousness into an artificial body. • "In Sawyer's capable grasp the story positively sings with humor, insight, and depth." —SF Site • John W. Campbell Memorial Award winner! Calculating God: An alien lands in Toronto claiming to have proof for God's existence. • "The best science-fiction novel of the year." —Denver Rocky Mountain News • Hugo finalist and Audie winner! Rollback: An elderly couple undergoes a rejuvenation treatment — but it fails for one of them. • "A novel to be savoured by SF and mainstream readers alike." —The Globe and Mail • Hugo Award finalist! Book Club Discussion Guides   Neanderthal Parallax   The Hugo Award-winning HOMINIDS and its sequels "Charming and provocative — some of the most outrageous, stimulating speculation since Robert A. Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land questioned our tired, timid conventions." —Publishers Weekly The bestselling Neanderthal Parallax trilogy explores a version of Earth where Neanderthals survived to the present and we did not — and a portal that opens up between our world and theirs. Hominids • Humans • Hybrids   Short-Story Collections   The Complete Short Fiction of Robert J. Sawyer "At every opportunity, Sawyer forces his readers to think while holding their attention with ingenious premises and superlative craftsmanship." —Booklist Two matching volumes, with Rob's notes on every story. Iterations and Other Stories • Identity Theft and Other Stories   Quintaglio Ascension   Science battles religion with alien counterparts of Galileo, Darwin, and Freud "Fresh, exhilarating. A dynamic and inspiring trilogy. Highly recommended." —The Toronto Star "An uncanny allegory of the human condition." —Books in Canada Far-Seer • Fossil Hunter • Foreigner   Other Award-Winning Novels   Factoring Humanity: Surf the collective unconscious. • "Sawyer's finest novel to date. Scientifically plausible, fictionally intriguing and ethically important." —New Scientist • Hugo Award finalist! Frameshift: A genetics thriller. • "Highly recommended." —Library Journal • Hugo Award finalist! Golden Fleece: A murder mystery aboard a starship. • "Sawyer's JASON is the deepest computer character in all of science fiction." —Orson Scott Card • Aurora Award winner! End of an Era: Discover what really killed the dinosaurs. • "It's not too much to say that this is one of the most accomplished SF novels of the last 10 years." —Quill & Quire • Seiun Award winner!   Free Science Fiction!   Novel Chapters • Complete Short Stories Offering free fiction online since 1995!   Rob One of "The CanLit 30"   Quill & Quire, the Canadian publishing trade journal, recently released its first-ever list of "The CanLit 30: The most influential, innovative, and just plain powerful people in Canadian publishing." Only three authors made the 30-person list: Margaret Atwood, Douglas Coupland, and Robert J. Sawyer. The write-up about Rob says: "When Penguin Canada snatched up domestic rights to science fiction giant Robert J. Sawyer last year, it felt like the Canuck industry was finally waking up to an entire genre. Not that Sawyer really needed the nod: he already sells more than respectably and has a shelf full of major sci-fi prizes. As a generous mentor to other writers, the proprietor of his own eponymous imprint at Red Deer Press, and a frequent media pundit, Sawyer is the public face of Canadian sci-fi."   Other Recent Honors   Audie Award • Honorary Doctorate • China's Top SF Award • Toronto Public Library Award   Who is Robert J. Sawyer?   Robert J. Sawyer is one of only seven writers in history — and the only Canadian — to win all three of the world's top Science Fiction awards for best novel of the year: the Hugo, the Nebula, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (the full list of such winners: David Brin, Arthur C. Clarke, Joe Haldeman, Frederik Pohl, Kim Stanley Robinson, Robert J. Sawyer, and Connie Willis). Read: Quill & Quire profile Listen: Sounds Like Canada radio interview (MP3) "Robert J. Sawyer is just about the best science fiction writer out there these days." —Denver Rocky Mountain News "Robert J. Sawyer is a writer of boundless confidence and bold scientific extrapolation." —The New York Times "Robert J. Sawyer is the dean of Canadian science fiction." —The Ottawa Citizen "Robert J. Sawyer is Canada's leading SF author." —Booklist "Robert J. Sawyer is on a par with giants like Asimov and Heinlein — and, perhaps more than any other science fiction writer working today, he understands that it's a genre about ideas." —Mystery News "Robert J. Sawyer is Canada's premier science fiction writer." —Quill and Quire "Robert J. Sawyer is the science fiction genre's northern star — in fact, one of the hottest SF writers anywhere. By any reckoning Sawyer is among the most successful Canadian authors ever." —Maclean's: Canada's Weekly Newsmagazine "Robert J. Sawyer is one of the foremost science fiction writers of our generation." —SF Site "Robert J. Sawyer is the leader of SF's next-generation pack." —Barnes and Noble What's a Robert J. Sawyer novel like? 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