Robert J. Sawyer

Event Info: This Is Not The Shakespeare Stage at 5:15 PM

Robert J. Sawyer is the only Canadian and one of eight writers in history to win all three top science-fiction writing honours for best novel of the year: The Hugo Award, The Nebula Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. In addition, he's won an Arthur Ellis Award from the Crime Writers of Canada as well as eleven Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards ("Auroras"). In 2008, Quill & Quire named him one of the 30 most influential people in CanLit. Originally from Ottawa, Rob now lives in Mississauga with his wife, poet Carolyn Clink.

Books

Wonder

The advent of Webmind—a vast consciousness that spontaneously emerged from the infrastructure of the World Wide Web—is changing everything. From curing cancer to easing international tensions, Webmind seems a boon to humanity. But Colonel Peyton Hume, the Pentagon's top expert on artificial intelligence, is convinced Webmind is a threat. He turns to the hacker underground to help him bring Webmind down. Then, hackers start mysteriously vanishing. Is Webmind killing them before they can mount an attack? Wonder brings back Caitlin Decter—the once-blind 16-year-old math genius who discovered Webmind— as she desperately tries to protect her friends and prevent this new world from crashing down. Viking Canada - $30.00 – Science-Fiction 12+