Robert J. Sawyer
@robertjsawyer.com
Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Canadian science-fiction writer; https://sfwriter.com
My just-released SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION is part of this terrific ebook bunlde:
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I haven’t reviewed a novel by @robertjsawyer.com, even though he’s one of my absolute favorite science fiction author. That ends today. Here is my review of his novel Calculating God drakoniandgriffalco.blogspot.com/2026/10/book...
Book Review: Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer
Now that the formal announcement is out of the way, I have to find something to celebrate this blog surpassing 1 Million Page views. I’m goi...
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Coming to Can*Con in Ottawa? On Saturday night, October 17, starting at 9:00 p.m., I'll be hosting a room party! (Party poster by Rachel A. Rosen; author photo by Warren Shepherd.)
Here's part two of the great Suzy Vadori's interview with me, using my new nonfiction book SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION as the springboard: www.buzzsprout.com/2333353/epis...
122. Sawyer on Science Fiction: Community and the Future (Part 2) - Show, don't Tell Writing with Suzy Vadori
In the second part of this two-part episode with Robert J. Sawyer, he and Suzy dive into conferences and importance of non-hierarchical community, thinking about and establishing Legacy as a writer, a...
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CALGARY! Come see me being interviewed about the writers' life live this Thursday, October 1, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Alexandra Writers' Centre Society. It's free for Society members, or $15 for nonmembers. www.alexandrawriters.org/store/p1148/...
2026 WRITER IN RESIDENCE: In Conversation on the Writer's Life
Join us for an evening of illuminating conversation with Robert J. Sawyer, one of the most celebrated voices in contemporary science fiction. In his long writing career, Robert's stories are centred ...
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The international edition of SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION is now available from Amazon in the UK, Ireland, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Japan (and in any countries those Amazon stores ship to): sfwriter.com/buylinks.htm...
Buying links for Robert J. Sawyer books
Author of 26 bestselling novels including The Oppenheimer Alternative and FlashForward
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“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...
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My pal Emo Philips is coming to Toronto! (And some other fun cities, too!) Check out his tour schedule: www.emophilips.com/events
Going live on YouTube in ten minutes at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time: www.youtube.com/live/eoMsAwl...
Sawyer on Science Fiction! Join Richard and Robert live on Thursday, September 17 at 7pm EST.
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Wonderful lunch dockside today in Mississauga with my old friend neuroscientist Dr. Erik Viirre, the director of the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination at UC San Diego.
Your reminder that the entire ~40 min chapter 1 of The Best of All Possible Planets audiobook narrated by Eli Schiff and Lewis Black is on YouTube free of charge. Give it a listen! youtu.be/vK9d3hCI0_4
The Best of All Possible Planets audiobook Chapter 1. Alex Shvartsman / Elliot Schiff / Lewis Black
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Now that I'm done edits on Thought Experiment Revolution, I've had some time to return to my notes and ruminate on some tangentially related things. I hope this gives a sneak peek into the kinds of things I'll be discussing in the book! moralguillotines.wordpress.com/2026/09/15/s...
Science Fiction as an Epistemic Resource
I’ve written before about how epistemology– the philosophy of how we acquire and categorize knowledge– is intimately related to the practice of ethics. After all, how can we know …
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For those planning to attend the Montreal Worldcon (the World Science Fiction Convention in Montreal) September 2-6, 2027 (next year), note that the membership rates GO UP on September 30, 2026 — get your membership before they do! montreal2027.ca/en
Welcome to Montréal 2027 Worldcon | Montréal 2027 Worldcon
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HALIFAX! I'm appearing at the AfterWords Literary Festival; I'll be there Friday, November 6, and Saturday, November 7. The full schedule and ticket info: afterwords.ca/festival-2026/
2026 - Afterwords Literary Festival
2026 AFTERWORDS LITERARY FESTIVAL The eighth annual AfterWords Literary Festival will happen November 1 to 8, 2026 at venues around Halifax. Please note: Tickets are NOT REFUNDABLE. They are transfera...
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Join me and collector extraordinaire Richard Rempel in conversation about SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION this Thursday, September 17, at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time LIVE on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/eoMsAwl...
Sawyer on Science Fiction! Join Richard and Robert live on Thursday, September 17 at 7pm EST.
YouTube video by Vintage SF
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ALBERTA SF&F fans! On Wednesday, September 23, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m., the Fandom Society of Alberta, run by former ConVersion chair Paul Bushell, is hosting an event at the Nicholls Family Library for fans to talk about their favourite SF&F books: www.eventbrite.ca/e/my-favouri...
My Favourite Author Show and Tell
Members will be presenting information about one of their favourite authors at the CPL Nicol Family Library on September 23 at 7 pm.
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Always great to attend a @robertjsawyer.com book launch! This time it was his new nonfiction collection, “Sawyer on Science Fiction,” which I look forward to diving into! #books #scifi #toronto
Join us tomorrow! Can't make the event but want a personalized copy? Let us know and we'll make it happen.
Robert J. Sawyer@robertjsawyer.com · last mo.TORONTO! Join me this Saturday, September 12, at 3:00 p.m., at Bakka-Phoenix Books, 84 Harbord Street, for the launch of SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION.
TORONTO! Join me this Saturday, September 12, at 3:00 p.m., at Bakka-Phoenix Books, 84 Harbord Street, for the launch of SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION.
It's true! I reference FLASHFORWARD in QUANTUM NIGHT because, of course, my characters have good taste in TV!
IBOL❌👑@ibol17.bsky.social · last mo.@robertjsawyer.com You referenced a TV show based on one of your books IN ONE OF YOUR BOOKS. 😆👊
Did my first two by-Zoom critiquing sessions this evening for my gig as the Alexandra Writers' Centre Society writer-in-residence. One client pleased me by saying, "Everything you've said is actionable" — meaning that it was stuff she could put to use, not that she's going to sue me!
TORONTO! Join me this Saturday, September 12, at 3:00 p.m. at SF&F specialty Bookstore, Bakka-Phoenix Books, 84 Harbord Street, for the launch of SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION.
Come see me in LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, at Word on the Street Lethrbridge, on Saturday, September 19. My main event is at 1:00 p.m., and my signing is at 2:00 p.m.
Calculating God, By @robertjsawyer.com , featuring @romtoronto.bsky.social in the story. (Cover art by Lui Junwei) #CelebrateCanada
Kate Armstrong@brainchain.ca · 2mo agoAlso - please join me if you will in flooding Bluesky with Canadian culture. Music, art, film, TV. Let’s show the vibrancy of this place I’m proud to call home.
I was on three panels, and none of them disappointed. "Writing Outside Our Lived Experiences" was an epic, early morning panel with @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social, @robertjsawyer.com (yes!), and @huckwrites.bsky.social. I moderated this one. What a way to start my day!
