Robert J. Sawyer
Robert J. Sawyer ( born April 29, 1960 in Ottawa, Ontario ) is a Canadian science fiction author.
He describes himself as a hard science fiction author, but is more concerned with characterization and human psychology than many other representatives of this sub-genre. His stories often deal with metaphysics in the style of Arthur C. Clarke and philosophy; He sees science fiction as a literature of ideas. The television series FlashForward is based on Sawyer's novel of the same from the year 1999.
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Life
Robert James Sawyer was born in Ottawa and grew up in Toronto, where he attended Ryerson University. He currently lives with his wife Carolyn Clink in Mississauga, Ontario.
Works
The Quintaglio Ascension Series
The Neanderthal Parallax series
- 2002 Hominids - serialized in Analog Science Fiction
- 2003 Humans
- 2003 Hybrids
Web Series
- 2009 Wake
- 2010 Watch
- 2011 Wonder
Single novels
- 2000 Calculating God
- 2005 Mindscan
- 2007 Rollback
- 2012 Triggers
- 2013 Red Planet Blues
Short story collections
- 2002 Iterations
- 2008 Identity Theft and Other Stories
Non-fiction book
- 2004 Relativity
As editor
Films
The novel Flash forms the basis for the Flash Forward series.