Robert J. Sawyer

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Robert J. Sawyer was born in Ottawa on April 29, 1960, but raised in Toronto. In 1980, while still in high school, Sawyer submitted a short story to the the Rochester Museum and Science Center, which was running a contest for light show ideas. Sawyer didn't win, but the Museum purchased his story visa mer Motive anyway and it ran for 192 performances. Sawyer went on to attend Toronto's Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, majoring in Radio and Television Arts. In September 1979, he had his first piece of fiction published at the end of his first year, in Ryerson's literary annual, White Wall Review. Sawyer graduated from Ryerson in 1982. Sawyer was hired back the following semester to teach television studio production techniques to second- and third-year students. In the four months interim, he worked for minimum wage at the local SF bookstore, spending all his earnings on books. From 1984 to 1992, while teaching, Sawyer also coordinated a social group of Toronto-area science-fiction writers founded by SF editor Judith Merril. He established a Canadian region of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America; and in 1998, served as that organization's president. Sawyer also retained freelance nonfiction writing contracts, writing articles for newspapers and magazines, press releases and brochures for corporations, newsletters for government departments. He churned out vast amounts of promotional materials and over 200 articles for computing and personal-finance magazines in a span of five years. But in that time, his only really significant publication was the novelette Golden Fleece, which appeared as the cover story in the September 1988 edition of Amazing Stories. The novel-length Golden Fleece was sold to Warner Books a year later in 1989. The sales of his first five books were uninspiring and Sawyer faced being dropped by his publisher. Sawyer decided to take the time to write a book, without a contract, take as long as necessary, and produce a blockbuster. He also wanted to tackle a controversial issue and deal with it head on. With that in mind, Sawyer wrote The Terminal Experiment, about abortion and the soul. His publisher rejected it on grounds of controversy. HarperPrism then bought the book and serialization rights were sold to Analog, the number-one best-selling English-language SF magazine. The Terminal Experiment went on to win the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America's Nebula Award for Best Novel of 1995. His novel Frameshift was his first book published in hardcover, and was nominated for the Hugo Award, and won Japan's Seiun Award for best foreign novel of the year. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre

Inkluderar namnen: Robrt J.Sawyr, Robrrt JSawyrr, Robert J. Sawyer, Robert J. Sawyer, Sawyer Robert J., Robert James Sawyer, by Robert J. Sawyer, ロバート・J ソウヤー, Robert J. Sawyer/ Robert J Sawyer

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Namn enligt folkbokföringen: Sawyer, Robert James
Födelsedag: 1960-04-29
Kön: male
Nationalitet: Canada
Födelseort: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Bostadsorter: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Utbildning: Ryerson University
Yrken: science fiction writer
screenwriter
Relationer: Clink, Carolyn (wife)
Organisationer: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Priser och utmärkelser: Alumni Award of Distinction (Ryerson University)
Galaxy Award (2007)
Toronto Public Library Celebrates Reading Award (2007)
Nebula Award (1995)
Hugo Award (2003)
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013) (visa alla 8)
Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association Hall of Fame
Lifetime Achievement Aurora Award
Agent: Chris Lotts

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The Downloaded av Robert J. Sawyer

A disaster disrupts the cryogenic storage/mental uploads of a group of astronauts headed to a distant planet and a group of convicts serving their sentences digitally. Novella-length audiobook; Sawyer does better for me when playing with ideas in more extended form. Attempted rape and a reasonably graphic murder scene (remembered by one of the convicts).

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The Terminal Experiment av Robert J. Sawyer

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WebMind has to deal with a couple of issues and the story winds up.

Some people want to destroy WebMind, some want to control it, some want to ensure it's freed and able to continue helping humanity. Caitlin is starting to find romance and getting used to using privacy in her own way and Hobo is getting a moment in the limelight. I liked how they used the Dr Theophilis for the avatar for WebMind but at the same time there should have been a talk about using people's voices and copyright versus fair use.

It wrapped things up, a little simply and I wonder now what would happen with Russia....… (mer)

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