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Robert Sawyer was born in Toronto, Canada. He studied Radio and Television Arts, and after graduating in 1982 he began a lucrative career in journalism. He began writing science fiction in 1988 and is now a full-time writer. Sawyer has twice won the Aurora, the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Award; and in 1993 he won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Short Story, by the Crime Writers of Canada. He won the 1995 Nebula Award for his novel 'Terminal Experiment'
.Robert J. Sawyer has been described as Canada's answer to Michael Crichton. Critically acclaimed in the US he is regarded as one of SF's most significant writers and his novels are regularly voted as fan's favourites. He lives just outside of Toronto.
Genres: Science Fiction
Series
Novels
Golden Fleece (1990)
End of An Era (1994)
The Terminal Experiment (1995)
Starplex (1996)
Frameshift (1997)
Illegal Alien (1997)
Factoring Humanity (1998)
Flashforward (1999)
Calculating God (2000)
Mindscan (2005)
Rollback (2007)
Triggers (2012)
Red Planet Blues (2013)
Quantum Night (2016)
End of An Era (1994)
The Terminal Experiment (1995)
Starplex (1996)
Frameshift (1997)
Illegal Alien (1997)
Factoring Humanity (1998)
Flashforward (1999)
Calculating God (2000)
Mindscan (2005)
Rollback (2007)
Triggers (2012)
Red Planet Blues (2013)
Quantum Night (2016)
Collections
Iterations (2002)
Identity Theft (2008)
Enigma Front: Burnt (2016) (with Jayne Barnard, Renee Bennett, Robert Bose, Chris Patrick Carolan, Christopher Chupik, Susan Forest, Ron S Friedman, Elizabeth Grotkowski, Katie Harse, Chris M Jessop, Valerie King, Adria Laycraft, Colin Maheu, Brent Nichols, R Overwater, Lee F Patrick, Celeste A Peters, Tim Reynolds, Erin Sneath and David Worsick)
Enigma Front: The Monster Within (2017) (with Shannon Allen, Renee Bennett, Robert Bose, Chris Patrick Carolan, J M Dover, Robert W Easton, Susan Forest, Ron S Friedman, Michael Gillett, Elizabeth Grotkowski, Calvin D Jim, Colin Maheu, Brent Nichols, Al Onia, Selene O'Rourke, Celeste A Peters, Erin Sneath, Stephen Swan and Kevin Weir)
Identity Theft (2008)
Enigma Front: Burnt (2016) (with Jayne Barnard, Renee Bennett, Robert Bose, Chris Patrick Carolan, Christopher Chupik, Susan Forest, Ron S Friedman, Elizabeth Grotkowski, Katie Harse, Chris M Jessop, Valerie King, Adria Laycraft, Colin Maheu, Brent Nichols, R Overwater, Lee F Patrick, Celeste A Peters, Tim Reynolds, Erin Sneath and David Worsick)
Enigma Front: The Monster Within (2017) (with Shannon Allen, Renee Bennett, Robert Bose, Chris Patrick Carolan, J M Dover, Robert W Easton, Susan Forest, Ron S Friedman, Michael Gillett, Elizabeth Grotkowski, Calvin D Jim, Colin Maheu, Brent Nichols, Al Onia, Selene O'Rourke, Celeste A Peters, Erin Sneath, Stephen Swan and Kevin Weir)
Series contributed to
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
Anthologies containing stories by Robert J Sawyer
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories (1984)
Sherlock Holmes in Orbit (1995)
Dinosaurs II (1995)
Dante's Disciples (1996)
Dinosaurs (1996)
Children of Dracula (1996)
Nebula Awards 31 (1997)
Return of the Dinosaurs (1997)
Free Space (1997)
Time Machines (1997)
Star Colonies (2000)
Far Frontiers (2000)
Guardsmen of Tomorrow (2000)
Sherlock Holmes in Orbit (1995)
Dinosaurs II (1995)
Dante's Disciples (1996)
Dinosaurs (1996)
Children of Dracula (1996)
Nebula Awards 31 (1997)
Return of the Dinosaurs (1997)
Free Space (1997)
Time Machines (1997)
Star Colonies (2000)
Far Frontiers (2000)
Guardsmen of Tomorrow (2000)
Short stories
| The Contest (1980) | |||
| Just Like Old Times (1993) | |||
| You See But You Do Not Observe (1995) | |||
| Above It All (1996) | |||
| Peking Man (1996) | |||
| Forever (1997) | |||
| The Hand You're Dealt (1997) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| Fallen Angel (2000) | Bram Stoker (nominee) | ||
| The Shoulders of Giants (2000) | |||
| Star Light, Star Bright (2000) | |||
| Wiping Out (2000) |
Awards
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Robert J Sawyer recommends
Branch Point (1996)
Mona Clee
"A complex, exciting, thoughtful time-travel novel. Clee writes beautiful poetic prose about hard and dangerous events."
Night Sky Mine (1996)
Melissa Scott
"William Gibson meets Samuel R Delany! Melissa Scott's Night Sky Mine is her best book yet, with first rate world building and first rate storytelling."
The Sum of All Men (1998)
(Runelords, book 1)
David Farland
"David Farland is a consummate stylist, and his characters are so alive they walk right off the page. The Runelords is a wonderful fantasy novel."
Raptor without a Cause (1999)
(Dinoverse, book 3)
Scott Ciencin
"Dinoverse is terrific - the closest anyone will ever come to experiencing a living dinosaur."
Mindworlds (2002)
(Flesh and Gold, book 3)
Phyllis Gotlieb
"Phyllis Gotlieb is the grande dame of Canadian SF. A poet with a cosmic perspective who elevates space opera to a high art."
Trapped (2002)
(League of Peoples, book 6)
James Alan Gardner
"Gardner will be one of the big names of 21st century science fiction."
Omnifix (2004)
Scott MacKay
"This is a terrific book from first page to last: big ideas, believable characters, great action - it's all here."
The Last Guardian of Everness (2004)
(Everness, book 1)
John C Wright
"The first significant debut of the new millennium."
From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain (2007)
Minister Faust
"An outlandish, outrageous tour de force by the most innovative prose stylist in the field."
Plague Year (2007)
(Plague , book 1)
Jeff Carlson
"Jeff Carlson is a terrific writer and Plague Year is a marvelous book, full of memorable characters, white-knuckle scenes, and big ideas. Get in on the ground floor with this exciting new author."
Gaslight Grimoire (2008)
Jeff Campbell and Charles Prepolec
"A wonderful addition to the bookshelf of any fan of Sherlock Holmes or of the supernatural. Terrific stories, great variety, genuine chills: it's all here."
The Unincorporated Woman (2011)
(Unincorporated, book 3)
Dani Kollin and Eytan Kollin
"Reminiscent of Heinlein - a good, old-fashioned, enormously appealing SF yarn. Bravo!"
Willful Child (2012)
(Willful Child, book 1)
Steven Erikson
"Willful Child is a love letter to Star Trek and its fans-a pitch-perfect tour de force. Erikson walks a very fine line without ever once stumbling."
The Ultra Thin Man (2014)
(Ultra, book 1)
Patrick Swenson
"Patrick Swenson keeps the pages turning in this slick, clever noir novel. Wonderful world-building, a terrific read, and an auspicious debut: truly the stuff that dreams are made of."
The Cave Beneath the Sea (2015)
(Shards of Excalibur, book 4)
Edward Willett
"Willett brings great energy, clarity, and excitement to every page."
Transgalactic (2016)
(Transcendental Machine, book 2)
James Gunn
"A tight, fierce novel from one of the field's giants."
Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Underdogs and Outcasts (2016)
Susan Forest and Lucas K Law
"Strangers Among Us... is important, shining a much-needed spotlight on issues that get far too little attention. A wonderful anthology, one of the major SF&F books of the year. Bravo!."
Escape Velocity (2017)
Ron S Friedman
"Ron Friedman is a terrific writer. I've watched with pleasure and admiration as he's grown over the years since the days when he was my writing student. Canada has yet to produce its counterpart to Larry Niven, but Ron's well on his way to filling that role."
The Genius Plague (2017)
David Walton
"David Walton is one of our very best writers of science-fiction thrillers, and The Genius Plague is a triumph from first page to last. This one will stick with you."
Black Chamber (2018)
(Alternate World War, book 1)
S M Stirling
"Nobody caries a bigger stick in the alternate-history game than S.M.Stirling."
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