Robert J. Sawyer
Autor de Flashforward
Sobre El 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 mostrar más 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) mostrar menos
Créditos de la imagen: Copyright 2005 by Carolyn Clink
Series
Obras 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 copias
Shed Skin [short story] 7 copias
Identity Theft [short story] 2 copias
Iterations [short story] 2 copias
The Good Doctor 2 copias
Childhood's End 2 copias
Neanderthal Parallax 3 Volumes 2 copias
The Right's Tough 1 copia
ROLLBACK 4 1 copia
Flashes 1 copia
Urania 1616 - PSICO - ATTENTATO 1 copia
WWW 3 – La mente 1 copia
Wake 1 1 copia
Wake 2 1 copia
Il tempo dell'attesa (Robotica) 1 copia
Hominids (Hugo Winner 2003) ARC 1 copia
Urania 1369 Apocalisse su Argo 1 copia
Stories 3: Time 1 copia
L'alternativa Oppenheimer 1 copia
Hominids 3 1 copia
L'uomo di Pechino (Robotica) 1 copia
Triggers 2 1 copia
ROLLBACK 1 1 copia
Mikeys 1 copia
Eagle Has Landed 1 copia
Biding Time 1 copia
Triggers Part 1 1 copia
Triggers 3 1 copia
Carnifex Rex 1 copia
ROLLBACK 3 1 copia
Triggers: Part Iv Of Iv 1 copia
ROLLBACK 2 1 copia
Immortality (short story) 1 copia
Looking for Gordo (short) 1 copia
Ineluctable 1 copia
Hominids 4 1 copia
Wake 4 1 copia
Wake 3 1 copia
見上げてごらん。 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Gateways: A Feast of Great New Science Fiction Honoring Grand Master Frederik Pohl (2010) — Contribuidor — 95 copias
Nebula Awards 31: SFWA's Choices For The Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Of The Year (Nebula Awards Showcase) (No… (1997) — Contribuidor — 92 copias
Nebula Awards 29: SFWA's Choices For The Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Of The Year (Nebula Awards Showcase) (1995) — Contribuidor — 55 copias
Analog Science Fiction and Fact: Vol. CXXII, No. 2 (February 2002) (2002) — Contribuidor — 13 copias
In the Shadow of the Wall: An Anthology of Vietnam Stories That Might Have Been (2002) — Contribuidor — 6 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Sawyer, Robert James
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1960-04-29
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Canada
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Lugares de residencia
- Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- Educación
- Ryerson University
- Ocupaciones
- science fiction writer
screenwriter - Relaciones
- Clink, Carolyn (wife)
- Organizaciones
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- Premios y honores
- 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) (mostrar todos 8)
Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association Hall of Fame
Lifetime Achievement Aurora Award - Agente
- Chris Lotts
Miembros
Debates
Sci fi: computer guy develops lie detector (called SCIP?) / cloning Neanderthals en Name that Book (julio 2015)
Robert J Sawyer Artist en Science Fiction Fans (abril 2013)
Reseñas
Listas
Nebula Award (1)
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 108
- También por
- 65
- Miembros
- 18,374
- Popularidad
- #1,193
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 678
- ISBNs
- 356
- Idiomas
- 13
- Favorito
- 72
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