TODAY is the official publication date of SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION, my 225,000-word collection of articles, columns, speeches, and more, celebrating the genre I've devoted my life to. SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION Robert J. Sawyer ISBN 978-1-998273-74-4 sfwriter.com/buylinks.htm...

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Author of 26 bestselling novels including The Oppenheimer Alternative and FlashForward

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My 19-minute interview on CFRB NewsTalk Radio Toronto this morning about SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION, with the great @towhey (Mark Towhey): www.iheart.com/podcast/962-...

Mark Towhey (@Towhey) speaks with Robert J. Sawyer (@RobertJSawyer), one of Canada’s most celebrated science fiction writers. They dive into Sawyer’s new nonfiction book on science fiction. - The Jerr...

The Best of Jerry Agar on NEWSTALK 1010

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My programming schedule for LAcon V, the World Science Fiction Convention ("Worldcon") in Los Angeles:

On Hannah Murray's 'TRE in the Afternoon' from 15.00CET, Emma Petersen's 'Healthyish High Protein', 'David Hamilton's Long and Winding Road', Franny Catz' 'Humpday Happenings', and @robertjsawyer.com 's 'Sawyer on Science Fiction'

Today's TORONTO STAR on SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION: A wonderful anthology. Sawyer has all the qualities you could want in a guide, being well read, perceptive and a keen and generous critical writer. You can dip into this book at any point and come away with some insight that will stick.

Sad to be missing Confluence in Pittsburgh right now; I'm speaking at a conference at MIT instead (and missing my friends!). But here's my upcoming appearnce and convention schedule: sfwriter.com/lnappear.htm

Robert J. Sawyer: Upcoming Appearances

“This guy is an absolute eminence”—Barry N. Malzberg

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Want to get SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION from me in person? There are three launch events: WHEN WORDS COLLIDE in Calgary on Saturday, August 15, at 1:00 p.m. WORLDCON in Los Angeles on Saturday, August 29, at 10:30 a.m. BAKKA-PHOENIX BOOKS in Toronto on Saturday, September 12, at 3:00 p.m.

TOS trivia time! Many people were suprised in STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE that the ENTERPRISE suddenly had an "Executive Officer" or "Exec." Actually, though, that role aboard starships WAS established in The Original Series — but by whom and in what episode?

Want an autographed copy of SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION? We have stock on hand! sfwriter.com/autograp.htm

Pleased to see SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION as the "#1 New Release" in "Literary History & Criticism Reference" on Amazon.com just now: www.amazon.com/dp/B0H5TD3H5J

This is the Coalsack nebula. Trivia time: it's mentioned twice in STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES — by whom and in which episodes?

#0882 of The Stuph File Program has sci-fi author, @robertjsawyer.com with his first non-fiction novel called, "Sawyer On Science Fiction"; Greig Watts is a songwriter, author and mentor who has had 18 Eurovision entries; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter.

#0882: Robert J. Sawyer; Greig Watts; & Stuart Nulman

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The table of contents for SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION, my massive 225,000-word nonfiction book coming August 4, is now online: sfwriter.com/exso.htm#toc

Sawyer on Science Fiction by Hugo & Nebula Award-winner Robert J. Sawyer

“Incisive and startlingly frank”—Amazing Stories

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Lovely new review of THE DOWNLOADED 2: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE, a finalist for the Aurora Award for best novel of the year, at Audible.com: “What a refreshing story! I thoroughly enjoyed book 1 but book 2 was chef’s kiss! The actors and storyline were absolutely amazing. Ugh….so good! A must read.”

”Robert J. Sawyer defined himself as a sci-fi writer. A cancer diagnosis made him question that.” That's the title of the terrific text article the CBC just posted extracting part of the CBC Radio BOOKENDS interview with me. Here it is: www.cbc.ca/books/booken...

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The Canadian author discussed his novel, The Downloaded 2: Ghosts in the Machine, on Bookends with Mattea Roach.

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Here's an interview I did while I was writer-in-residence at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg Institute for Advanced Study TALK RADIO EUROPE about THE DOWNLOADED 2: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE: youtu.be/1DvtAXyWt2E?...

The TRE Bookshow. TRE’s Hannah Murray catches up with top authors, to discuss their latest releas...

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Tomorrow (Sunday, July 5), I'll be on BOOKENDS, CBC Radio One's program about books hosted by Mattea Roach, talking about THE DOWNLOADED 2: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE. It'll air on all CBC Radio One stations across Canada at 1:00 p.m. AT, ET, CT, MT; 1:30 p.m. NT; and 3:00 p.m. PT.

Received today! My author's copies of the DUTCH edition of THE OPPENHEIMER ALTERNATIVE, titled HET OPPENHEIMER ALTERNATIEF:

It's a bouncing baby book! UPS just delivered my authors copies, straight from the printer. We're on track for the official release on August 4. Pre-order links (pre-orders really help!): sfwriter.com/buylinks.htm...

Delighted to be the 2026 Writer-in-Residence at the Alexandria Writers' Centre Society in Calgary. I'll be doing in-person and online critiquing sessions, hosting workshops, and more during September, October, and November. AWCS puts on Calgary's annual multi-genre When Words Collide convention.

Cover of the Italian edition of my THE DOWNLOADED 2: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE — cover art by the great Franco Brambilla

FIRST COMICS NEWS has a lovely review of the original THE DOWNLOADED today: "I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and highly recommend it." www.firstcomicsnews.com/the-download...

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yt4The Downloaded Author: Robert J. Sawyer Published: 2024 by Shadowpaw Press When you pick up a book by Canadian author Robert J. Sawyer, expectations are naturally high. His impressive body of work ...

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Had a fabulous four days at the STAR TREK set tour in Ticonderoga, including dinner with old pal David Gerrold! (And, yes, SFWRITER is my license plate.)

First review of SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION, from R. Graeme Cameron in AMAZING STORIES: “Incisive and often startlingly frank views on writing, publishing, and human shenanigans past, present and future.” amazingstories.com/2026/06/club...

Today I learned Don Bluth had planned an animated adaptation of @robertjsawyer.com's Quintaglio Ascension novel series, and now I'm fascinated by what might have been... and wondering if filmgoers would have thought it was some sort of sequel to The Land Before Time.

The Land Before Time: Dinosaur Friends Hugging

ALT: The Land Before Time: Dinosaur Friends Hugging

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Coming August 4 in print and ebook: SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION, a 225,000-word career-capstone collection of my speeches, columns, articles, and more about the genre I've devoted my life to. “Rob is the real deal.” —David Brin Pre-order links (pre-orders help a lot!): sfwriter.com/buylinks.htm...

In the 1st hour of the #TREBookshow, with Hannah Murray from 09.00CET - bestseller lists from @AmazonUK and #TheSundayTimes; Francesca de Tores, @robertjsawyer.com , and Tracy Cook #TuneIn on http://tre.radio or TRE Radio App

The Astronomical Observatory of the Autonomous Region of the Aosta Valley and the Planetarium of Lignan, Italy, has a lovely new article using my novel FLASHFORWARD as a springboard for a discussion of particle physics: www.oavda.it/en/sci-fi-as...

Astronomia da fantascienza 👉 -7 - Osservatorio Astronomico della Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta

*Sci-fi Astronomy, edited by Camilla Pianta* Flashforward, in search of the Higgs boson💥 What if exploring the structure of matter changed the way we see the world? COUNTDOWN TO APRIL 2026, THE CENTEN...

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Trek trivia! On Saturday, I'm giving a talk on TOS in the context of its time at the Star Trek Set Tour 60th-Anniversary William Shatner event. I'm using these slides to show the news-of-the-day real-life inspirations for specific TOS episodes. Can you say which picture goes with which episode?

Join me and the great paleoartist Julius Csotonyi on the The Science in The Fiction podcast talking about dinosaurs in SF and dinoaur art! (This is part one of a two-part interview; part two drops next week.) www.buzzsprout.com/2201157/epis...

Robert J. Sawyer and Julius Csotonyi on Sci-Fi Dinos and Paleontology - Part 1 - The Science in The Fiction

Science fiction author and icon Robert J. Sawyer speaks with renowned paleo-artist Julius Csotonyi about their shared love of all things paleontological.  They discuss Rob’s ‘Quintaglio Ascension...

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