Robert J. Sawyer
Autor/a de Flashforward
Sobre l'autor
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 mostra'n més 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) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Copyright 2005 by Carolyn Clink
Sèrie
Obres de Robert J. Sawyer
Boarding the Enterprise: Transporters, Tribbles and the Vulcan Death Grip in Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek (Smart Pop… (2006) — Editor — 79 exemplars
Shed Skin [short story] 7 exemplars
Identity Theft [short story] 2 exemplars
Iterations [short story] 2 exemplars
The Good Doctor 2 exemplars
Childhood's End 2 exemplars
Neanderthal Parallax 3 Volumes 2 exemplars
The Right's Tough 1 exemplars
InterGalactic Medicine Show, Issue 59 1 exemplars
ROLLBACK 4 1 exemplars
Flashes 1 exemplars
Urania 1536 - LA GENESI DELLA SPECIE 1 exemplars
Urania 1616 - PSICO - ATTENTATO 1 exemplars
WWW 3 – La mente 1 exemplars
Wake 1 1 exemplars
Wake 2 1 exemplars
Il tempo dell'attesa (Robotica) 1 exemplars
Urania 1671 - LA VENDETTA DEI QUINTAGLIO 1 exemplars
The Complete Short Stories Collection 1 exemplars
Hominids (Hugo Winner 2003) ARC 1 exemplars
Urania 1369 Apocalisse su Argo 1 exemplars
Stories 3: Time 1 exemplars
L'alternativa Oppenheimer 1 exemplars
Driving a Bargain Robert J. Sawyer 1 exemplars
Hominids - The Neanderthal Parallax, Book 1 1 exemplars
Hominids 3 1 exemplars
FlashForward - Die komplette Serie [6 DVDs] 1 exemplars
L'uomo di Pechino (Robotica) 1 exemplars
Triggers 2 1 exemplars
ROLLBACK 1 1 exemplars
Mikeys 1 exemplars
Eagle Has Landed 1 exemplars
Biding Time 1 exemplars
Triggers Part 1 1 exemplars
Triggers 3 1 exemplars
Carnifex Rex 1 exemplars
ROLLBACK 3 1 exemplars
Triggers: Part Iv Of Iv 1 exemplars
ROLLBACK 2 1 exemplars
Immortality (short story) 1 exemplars
Looking for Gordo (short) 1 exemplars
Ineluctable 1 exemplars
Hominids 4 1 exemplars
Wake 4 1 exemplars
Wake 3 1 exemplars
見上げてごらん。 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Taking the Red Pill: Science, Philosophy and Religion in The Matrix (2003) — Col·laborador — 301 exemplars
Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft (2015) — Col·laborador — 190 exemplars
Gateways: A Feast of Great New Science Fiction Honoring Grand Master Frederik Pohl (2010) — Col·laborador — 94 exemplars
Nebula Awards 31: SFWA's Choices For The Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Of The Year (Nebula Awards Showcase) (No… (1997) — Col·laborador — 92 exemplars
Nebula Awards 29: SFWA's Choices For The Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Of The Year (Nebula Awards Showcase) (1995) — Col·laborador — 55 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction and Fact: Vol. CXVI, No. 8 & 9 (July 1996) (1996) — Col·laborador — 17 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction and Fact: Vol. CXXII, No. 1 (January 2002) (2002) — Col·laborador — 15 exemplars
Analog Science Fiction and Fact: Vol. CXXII, No. 2 (February 2002) (2002) — Col·laborador — 13 exemplars
In the Shadow of the Wall: An Anthology of Vietnam Stories That Might Have Been (2002) — Col·laborador — 6 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Sawyer, Robert James
- Data de naixement
- 1960-04-29
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- Canada
- Lloc de naixement
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Llocs de residència
- Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- Educació
- Ryerson University
- Professions
- science fiction writer
screenwriter - Relacions
- Clink, Carolyn (wife)
- Organitzacions
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- Premis i honors
- 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) (mostra-les totes 8)
Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association Hall of Fame
Lifetime Achievement Aurora Award - Agent
- Chris Lotts
Membres
Converses
Sci fi: computer guy develops lie detector (called SCIP?) / cloning Neanderthals a Name that Book (juliol 2015)
Robert J Sawyer Artist a Science Fiction Fans (abril 2013)
Ressenyes
Llistes
Nebula Award (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 108
- També de
- 65
- Membres
- 18,305
- Popularitat
- #1,198
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 673
- ISBN
- 356
- Llengües
- 13
- Preferit
- 72
Els seus llibres es caracteritzen per una idea central molt potent i un bon desenvolupament de personatges; tot i que en els últims temps els arguments hagin anat agafant un aire més naif (veure la recent trilogia WWW sobre un ens conscient que pren vida a internet).
Triggers (o disparadors) ens parla d'un grup de persones que degut a un accident, poden experimentar les memòries d'altra gent. El problema apareix quan una de les persones és el president dels Estats Units i no se sap qui pot tenir accés als fets confidencials en la seva memòria. El Sr. Sawyer, fa la seva millor feina en el plantejament del llibre i utilitza un cop més la ciència-ficció per a abordar les relacions humanes des d'una nova perspectiva i parlar-nos d'intimitat, records i percepció.
Un cop més, el llibre flaqueja en el tancament que segueix una línia "El final de la infància". No perquè no sigui creïble, sinó perquè és massa fàcil, no planteja cap més repte a la història.… (més)