Robert J. Sawyer

May Is Here to Shower You With Tons of New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books

Need some springtime reading material? Check out 43 new genre titles from Stephen King, Christina Henry, Peter S. Beagle, Suzanne Palmer, and more.

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy May 1

All the Science Fiction and Fantasy Books That Everyone Will Be Talking About in March

This is a crazy month for science fiction and fantasy books. There’s a new Robert J. Sawyer mind-bender, and Catherynne M. Valente’s last fairyland book. Plus alternate histories, fairytales, magical realism, and tons more. These are all the most unmissable science fiction books in March! As usual, there’s not a lot of sequels and series…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Mar 3

Microsoft’s Free Anthology Includes Some Of Today’s Best SF Authors

Earlier this week, Microsoft released a short anthology titled Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft, enlisting some of the best science fiction writers to contribute stories inspired by visits to the company’s research labs. The anthology includes fiction from Elizabeth Bear, Greg Bear, David Brin, Nancy Kress, Ann Leckie, Jack McDevitt, Seanan McGuire…

io9 Andrew Liptak Nov 21

All the Essential Science Fiction and Fantasy Books That Are Coming in 2013

This year’s science fiction books are going to rock. John Scalzi returns to the Old Man’s War universe, there’s a brand new Neil Gaiman novel, and Stephen King’s long-awaited sequel to The Shining. Plus brand new books from Austin Grossman, Nalo Hopkinson, Christopher Priest, Diana Gabaldon, Robert J. Sawyer, Joe Hill… and J.R.R. Tolkien? Here…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 9

Do science fiction writers have “expertise” on future developments in science?

A recent article in Slate deals with the question of whether the internet could ever become the first artificial intelligence, perhaps by “waking up” one day as a mind. Dan Falk, the author of this article, was clearly inspired by Robert Sawyer’s WWW trilogy, about just this scenario. Falk interviews Sawyer, as well as some…

io9 Annalee Newitz Nov 12

All The Science Fiction and Fantasy Books We’re Dying to Read in 2012

Science fiction and fantasy books are bigger than ever. A Dance With Dragons and Stephen King’s time-travel saga rule the bestseller lists. Literary authors all flock to write about zombies, apocalypses and time travel. And by all indications, 2012 is going to be an even greater year for genre books. Here are 25 books we…

io9 Kelly Faircloth Jan 11

April books bring post-apocalyptic futures, growing up superheroic, and more young-adult dystopia!

What do April’s books have in store for you? Naomi Novik’s superhero high school, Frederik Pohl’s volcanic terrorism plot, and two disturbing looks at a near-future post-apocalyptic world. Plus superpowered parents and the African Harry Potter! Here are all the books you’ll be buzzing about in April. After the Golden Age, Carrie Vaughn (Tor) Between…

io9 Kelly Faircloth Apr 13

Martin Luther King In Science Fiction

Today’s the day when we celebrate the life of visionary leader Martin Luther King, Jr. But the civil-rights legend is also an important figure in science fiction… as an influence, and an occasional character. As an influence: Nichelle Nichols decided to quit playing Lt. Uhura at the end of the first season of Star Trek,…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jan 17

Two fascinating discussions about the nature of dystopia from young-adult authors

Now that young-adult fiction is where most of great dystopian stories are being told, there are two awesome discussions going on. Kaitlin Ward asks what’s the difference between dystopian and apocalyptic fiction. And Angie Smibert wonders where the utopias are.

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Jun 11

Great Moments In Alternate History: The Land Before Time

The Earth existed for four billion or so years before humans showed up and started recording history. Why limit ourselves to the what-ifs of the past few thousands years? In these alternate reality tales, continents and dinosaur empires rise and fall. 65 million years ago, some disaster – probably caused by an asteroid – wiped…

Books & Comics David Daw May 2

In “Above It All,” Reaching For the Stars Won’t Help Anybody

Robert J. Sawyer’s “Above it All” is a horror story that takes place on the Mir spaceship. What makes Sawyer’s choice of venue odd is the year the story was written, 1996. What’s so significant about this year? That’s the year the U.S started to have a continuous presence on the station- in other words,…

Books & Comics David Grossman Apr 24

This Month’s Books: Mutant Orphans and Far-Future Mars

April’s new science fiction books take you on a trip across a transformed Mars, and to the heart of a British battle against mutant Nazi orphans. Also, a couple of steampunk adventures jostle for a space in your to-be-read pile. Ares Express, Ian McDonald (Pyr) Ian McDonald’s magical-realist sequel to Desolation Road isn’t new –…

Books & Comics Kelly Faircloth Apr 14

Welcome To Weekend Short Story Club. You Will Be Assimilated.

The main problem with a book club, of course, is getting the book. Even in this iPad/Kindle era, it still costs money to get the darn thing. But with Weekend Short Story Club, we’re taking the free culture route. We’ll be focusing solely on short stories that are available for free on the internet. There’s…

Books & Comics David Grossman Apr 10

The Large Hadron Collider In SF Novels: Vatican Destroyer and Battery For Giant Robots

It may have taken longer than anyone expected to get the Large Hadron Collider cranked up and pummeling the secrets of creation (no doubt due to sabotage from the future) but the LHC has ruled science fiction books for years. https://gizmodo.com/watch-the-first-collisions-live-on-the-lhc-cam-right-no-5505133 https://gizmodo.com/is-the-large-hadron-collider-being-sabotaged-from-the-f-5380647 MediaBistro’s GalleyCat offers a list of a few books in which the LHC…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Mar 31

There Are No Successful Self-Published SF Authors, According To Robert J. Sawyer

The Internet may become sentient in Robert J. Sawyer’s new novel Wake, but there’s one thing it won’t do any time soon, according to Sawyer: Allow you to publish your novel without going through traditional publishers. Someone wrote to Sawyer asking for advice about self-publishing a science-fiction novel, and Sawyer responded: My advice: DO NOT…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Feb 8

10 Best Robot Bodies To Load Your Brain Into

You can’t be beautiful and immortal until you abandon your meatsack! Surrogates, opening Friday, shows a culture that’s gone over to robot avatars. But here are ten other universes where you could abandon your flesh for a shiny, perfect robo-body. These are the science-fiction universes where you can transfer your consciousness into a robot body…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 23

FlashForward Stars Act Out The “Dancing On The Ceiling” Video

FlashForward’s premise, about a mysterious blackout that grants everyone a glimpse of the future, is kind of hard to convey in advertising. So what do you do? Stick some furniture to the walls, and play “We’re falling sideways!” Based loosely on the novel by Robert J. Sawyer, FlashForward debuts on Sept. 24. [Lyly Ford and…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Aug 24

R.I.P. Phyllis Gotlieb, The Mother Of Canadian Science Fiction

Phyllis Gotlieb was a struggling poet, battling writers block in the 1950s, when her husband suggested she try her hand at science fiction. The results led to a series of novels about telepathic societies and star-cats, winning Canada’s highest award. According to CBC News, Gotlieb, the “mother of Canadian science fiction,” won an Aurora Award…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 17

Science Fiction’s Greatest Legal Minds – Revealed!

If the countless works of science fiction can agree on one thing, it’s that the future isn’t perfect. And, on the rare occasion when disputes can’t be solved with an epic starship battle, it’s time to bring in the lawyers. I think there’s an argument to be made that lawyers are underrepresented in science fiction,…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 12

4 Ways Virtual Reality Living Could Suck

Virtual reality sounds like paradise: we’ll upload our consciousnesses, ditch our smelly meat bodies, and be beautiful, immortal rockstars in a scarcity-free wonderland, forever. But technology never quite works out the way you hope it will, and science fiction writers have already pointed out four ways virtual reality could suck. You’d never have enough computing…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 1

Robert J. Sawyer

May Is Here to Shower You With Tons of New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books

All the Science Fiction and Fantasy Books That Everyone Will Be Talking About in March

Microsoft’s Free Anthology Includes Some Of Today’s Best SF Authors

All the Essential Science Fiction and Fantasy Books That Are Coming in 2013

Do science fiction writers have “expertise” on future developments in science?

All The Science Fiction and Fantasy Books We’re Dying to Read in 2012

April books bring post-apocalyptic futures, growing up superheroic, and more young-adult dystopia!

Martin Luther King In Science Fiction

Two fascinating discussions about the nature of dystopia from young-adult authors

Great Moments In Alternate History: The Land Before Time

In “Above It All,” Reaching For the Stars Won’t Help Anybody

This Month’s Books: Mutant Orphans and Far-Future Mars

Welcome To Weekend Short Story Club. You Will Be Assimilated.

The Large Hadron Collider In SF Novels: Vatican Destroyer and Battery For Giant Robots

There Are No Successful Self-Published SF Authors, According To Robert J. Sawyer

10 Best Robot Bodies To Load Your Brain Into

FlashForward Stars Act Out The “Dancing On The Ceiling” Video

R.I.P. Phyllis Gotlieb, The Mother Of Canadian Science Fiction

Science Fiction’s Greatest Legal Minds – Revealed!

4 Ways Virtual Reality Living Could Suck

The ‘Mass Effect’ Show is Getting Rewritten to Get Greenlit

See the Early Stages of How ‘Project Hail Mary’ Brought Rocky to Life

‘Cognitive Surrender’ Is a New and Useful Term for How AI Melts Brains

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Marshall Acton III Home Speaker Drops to a Record Low, the Deal Countdown Has Already Started

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

I’m Worried About the Helpless AI Disruptors of the Future

Russia Allegedly Swung at VPNs but Accidentally Hit Its Own Banking Sector Instead

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

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