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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 18/09/2026

My pal Emo Philips is coming to Toronto! (And some other fun cities, too!) Check out his tour schedule: www.emophilips.com/events

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 17/09/2026

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.

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 10/09/2026

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.

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 09/09/2026

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!

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 07/09/2026

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.

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 03/09/2026

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.

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 12/08/2026

CALGARY! Book launch for SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION is this Saturday, Aug 15, at 1:30pm at Thomson Social Hub (Hyatt Regency) 700 Centre St S. Free! Everyone welcome! Bonus! If you buy the book from publisher, Shadowpaw Press, at the launch, you get a free coupon for the ebook edition, as well!

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 10/08/2026

Winners in Las Vegas! Yesterday, at ST:LV, my dear friend Chase Masterson received The Fleet’s Star Cross Founder Award for her spectacular charity work with the Pop Culture Hero Coalition, and today I won Canada's Aurora Award for Best Novel of the Year for THE DOWNLOADED 2: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE.

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 30/07/2026

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

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 25/07/2026

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.

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 21/07/2026

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.

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 21/07/2026

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?

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 19/07/2026

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

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 17/07/2026

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

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 16/07/2026

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

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 11/07/2026

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.”

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 05/07/2026

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.

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 04/07/2026

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

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 03/07/2026

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...

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 03/07/2026

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.

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 01/07/2026

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

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 30/06/2026

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.)

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 30/06/2026

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...

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 23/06/2026

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...

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 22/06/2026

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?

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 17/06/2026

Coming to When Words Collide in Calgary? Sign up for my master class on turning your novel into a screenplay — and vice versa. Friday, August 14, from 3:00 to 5:45 p.m.; Cdn$40 (If you just want to write screenplays, you'll learn a lot, too.) www.alexandrawriters.org/store/p1048/...

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 07/06/2026

My THE DOWNLOADED 2: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE is #2 and the original THE DOWNLOADED is #8 on the weekly bestsellers' list published in today's CALGARY HERALD:

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 02/06/2026

Just recoded an episode of BOOKENDS, CBC Radio One’s flagship books program, hosted by 23-games-in-a-row JEOPARDY! champion, the amazing Mattea Roach. It’ll air on Sunday, June 21.

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 25/05/2026

Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of pioneering Canadian science-fiction writer Phyllis Gotlieb, born on this day in Toronto in 1926. I had the privilege of publishing her final novel, BIRTHSTONES, under my Robert J. Sawyer Books imprint.

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 23/05/2026

Full-page interview with me about THE DOWNLOADED 2: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE by Eric Volmers in newspapers across Canada today including Ottawa Citizen (shown), Edmonton Journal, Montreal Gazette, Vancouver Sun, Regina Leader Post, Saskatoon Star Phoenix, and others. Photo by Warren Shepherd.

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 22/05/2026

TOMORROW — Saturday, May 23, at 2:00 pm — is the launch party for THE DOWNLOADED 2: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE in TORONTO at the Prehistoria Museum, 333 Yonge St. #2 (one-half block north of Dundas on the west side of Yonge on the second floor). Join me and the T. rex for a fun event!

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 14/05/2026

Just five days to the official release date for the print and ebook editions of THE DOWNLOADED 2: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE. Pre-order links: sfwriter.com/buylinks.htm...

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 04/05/2026

May the forced perspective be with you.

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 03/05/2026

Beautiful new edition of my best novel, THE OPPENHEIMER ALTERNATIVE. Buying links: sfwriter.com/buylinks.htm... “You can call this alternate history or alternate astrophysics (or both). Whatever term you choose, it’s a terrific story.” —Eric Flint

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 01/05/2026

Kitchener / Waterloo peeps! Come see me Thursday, May 28, at 7:00 p.m. at Kitchener Public Library Central Branch, 85 Queen St N, where I'll be reading and signing THE DOWNLOADED 2: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE — and be interviewed on-stage by Marcel Gagné!

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 30/04/2026

WINNIPEG peeps! Come see me Wednesday, May 27, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. at McNally Robinson (Grant Park), 1120 Grant Ave., where I'll be reading from and signing THE DOWNLOADED 2: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE.

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 29/04/2026

EDMONTON peeps! Come see me Tuesday, May 26, at 7:00 p.m. at Audreys Books, 10702 Jasper Ave., where I'll be reading from and signing THE DOWNLOADED 2: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE. sfwriter.com/lnappear.htm

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 28/04/2026

And I'll be at McNally Robinson Grant Park in Winnipeg on Wednesday, May 27, at 7:00 p.m. :D

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 27/04/2026

TORONTO book launch for THE DOWNLOADED 2: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE on Saturday, May 23, at 2:00 p.m. at Prehistoria Museum & SkullStore Oddity Shop — with a T. rex! 333 Yonge St #2 (second floor), just north of Dundas subway station

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 01/04/2026

Today is the Anne McCaffrey centenary. Annie was born 100 years ago today, on April 1, 1926. Rest in peace, dear friend.

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 01/04/2026

Aurora Award nominating closes on Sunday, April 5. A polite reminder that my THE DOWNLOADED 2: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE is eligible in the Best Novel category (because the Audible Originals version was published in 2025). That's me and Brendan Fraser during the recording session:

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 02/02/2026

CANADIANS! Indigo is offering 25% off on online print orders of THE DOWNLOADED 2: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE from today until Sunday, February 8 (the book comes out May 19): www.indigo.ca/en-cea/the-d...

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 12/01/2026

Today, HAL turns the same age as James T. Kirk. HAL was born January 12, 1992, in the HAL lab in Urbana, Illinois, on the twelfth of January 1992. That was thirty-four years ago today. And the only time James T. Kirk ever states his age in STAR TREK, he says he's thirty-four.

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 30/12/2025

The celebration of life for Toronto science fiction and fantasy writer Terence M. Green will be this Saturday, January 3, 2026, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Local Public Eatery, 180 Laird Drive, East York (Toronto). Carolyn Clink, David Clink, and I will be there.

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 21/12/2025

The great Canadian SF&F writer Terence M. Green, one of my very best friends, has left us at 78. Details of the celebration of life are in my blog: sfwriter.com/blog/?p=5866

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 29/11/2025

Went into Toronto yesterday, but the subway trip took a little longer than it should have as I got out to take pictures of the ads for my THE DOWNLOADED 2: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE that Audible has up in Wellesely, College, TMU (formerly Dundas), and Queen stations.

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 26/11/2025

New ebook edition of my Hugo Award-nominated ROLLBACK, a novel about love — and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. sfwriter.com/buylinks.htm...

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 18/11/2025

The French version of my THE DOWNLOADED 2: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE was just named French Canadian Audiobook of the Year by Audible's editors. Le voyage immobile 2: La machine à fantômes is vailable worldwide; here's the Audible Canada link: www.audible.ca/fr_CA/pd/B0F...

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 06/11/2025

Today's MONTREAL GAZETTE has 2/3 page on my THE DOWNLOADED 2, out now from Audible: “This is a story about love and loss and second chances, about people trying to reconnect, no matter how fantastic it may seem across time and space."—BRENDAN FRASER sfwriter.com/buylinks.htm...

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Robert J. Sawyer @robertjsawyer.com · 26/10/2025

I'm going to be a fellow and writer-in-residence at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg — Institute for Advanced Study (HWK) in Delmenhorst (just west of Bremen), Germany, from February 15 to May 15, 2026. Woohoo! hanse-ias.de/en

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