THE BEST SCI FI BEING WRITTEN TODAY


	THE BEST SCI FI BEING WRITTEN TODAY

photowriter

12-3-2007 3:36 AM

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science fiction, speculative fiction, canadian, hugo award, nebula award

photowriter says:

Robert Sawyer is so far ahead of most of the rest of contemporary Speculative Fiction writers you would have to travel FTL in order to catch up to him.
What is so striking about his works is the totally fresh thinking, and his willingness to ask hard questions about Life the Universe and Everything. Sorry the answer isn't 42 as once was humourously speculated.

My favourites are his Neanderthal Trilogy and his novel Calculating God.

He is subtle not pedantic, caring through his characters, and rigorous with his science background.

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effort."
—<B><I>Publishers Weekly</I></B> (starred review)
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