My man Sylvain Neuvel!

On Wednesday May 27 at 7pm, join @robertjsawyer.com for the Winnipeg launch of The Downloaded 2: Ghosts in the Machine. - mailchi.mp/grant/robert...

Interview about FAR-SEER on the "The Science in the Fiction" podcast. Really starts at 5:43, but if you skip ahead to there, you'll miss hearing the host call me "one of the kindest, most generous, and most erudite people in the world," which made my day. 😀 www.buzzsprout.com/2201157/epis...

Marshall McLuhan said the best way to determine if you want to read a book is to flip to page 69 and see if it appeals to you. Can my new novel THE DOWNLOADED 2: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE — released today! — pass "The Page 69 Test" for you? Let's find out! page69test.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

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...

May the forced perspective be with you.

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

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!

Happy birthday to the Awesome @robertjsawyer.com writer of my favorite book series, the Quintaglio Ascension trilogy💚 It was around this time of year 5 years ago that I bought myself the books and fell in love with the world and characters in it. So to commemorate, here's some art💚

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.

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

I quite liked @robertjsawyer.com's The Downloaded (2024), and said nice things about it in the Winnipeg Free Press. I'll be reviewing its sequel, Ghosts in the Machine, in a forthcoming column.

CALGARY: Join me and Finnian Burnett for our joint book launches Mon May 25 6pm CPL Memorial Park Library Branch, Alexander Calhoun Salon,1221 2 St SW Free tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-launc...

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

Pre-order links and cross-Canada book-tour details for the print and ebook editions of THE DOWNLOADED 2: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE, coming May 23! open.substack.com/pub/robertjs...

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

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:

A sweet deal on three books containing stories by @robertjsawyer.com

"[In 2030] Donald Trump was building a pyramid in the Nevada desert to house his eventual remains. When done, it will be ten meters taller than the Great Pyramid at Giza." #Flashforward (1999) @robertjsawyer.com

A lovely early review of THE DOWNLOADED 2: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE novel, coming on May 19!

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...

An excellent talk by @robertjsawyer.com, titled “New Life and New Civilizations: A Science Fiction Perspective on Exobiology,” at Mississauga RASC (at UTM) on Friday evening. 🪐👽🐉

It's kind of Davos vs. Davros, isn't it?

William Shatner is, of course, Canadian. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRat...

Video of my talk on January 10, 2026, on "Why Everyone Should Read Science Fiction" for San Francisco Regional Mensa: kind of a fireside chat with the Robman. :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr5T...

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.

Thrilled to share that we're hosting renowned Mississauga sci-fi author @robertjsawyer.com for a free talk on Jan 23, 2026. It's called "New Life and New Civilizations: A Science Fiction Perspective on Exobiology" and we can't wait! Details here: mississauga.rasc.ca/event/speake... (please share!)

What does one of Canada's most accomplished science fiction authors say about alien life? Join us Jan 23 from 8-10pm to find out. Free/open to the public, so share this anywhere! Details (including @robertjsawyer.com's impressive biography): mississauga.rasc.ca/event/robert... #canada #mississauga

LOCUS — the trade journal of the S&F fields — on the passing of my friend Terence M. Green: locusmag.com/2025/12/tere...

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.

Only two more days of the Christmas promotion for "Black Corrosion"! >>Click here to claim your copy for $0.99: a.co/d/h5bUGp4 <<

“And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you — all of you on the good Earth.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToHh...

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

“And let me tell you, God is not so infinite as the Catholics assert. He is about six hundred meters in diameter, and even then is weak towards the edges.” —Karel Čapek, THE ABSOLUTE AT LARGE

CBC Books has a great interview with Academy Award-winner Brendan Fraser, the lead narrator of my THE DOWNLOADED 2: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE, out now from Audible Originals: www.cbc.ca/books/thenex...

The most accessible explanation of quantum physics I ever heard was from @robertjsawyer.com at his science fiction writing course at Ryerson. Of course, he's since explored that area further in Quantum Night. Interested to hear what his latest thinking is!

Robert J. Sawyer's THE DOWNLOADED 1 & 2 are now available on Audible, narrated by Brendan Fraser! 🇨🇦 timothysjohnston.com/robert-j-saw... Each day, I post one carefully curated news item from the Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery, Horror, and Suspense genres. @robertjsawyer.com #LifeAfterGateway #TSJ

Toronto! Come hear my talk on "Writing to Change the World" at the Writers' Community of Durham Region, Saturday, December 13, at 10:30 a.m. (the meeting starts at 9:30, but I go on at 10:30) at St. Mark's United Church, 201 Centre St., Whitby, Ontario. www.wcdr.info/product/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.

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

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...

Come join me and #scifi author/futurist/fascinating fellow @robertjsawyer.com, as I interview him about Human Consciousness, Quantum Entanglements, Panpsychism, writing and other cool stuff. On my new Substack; free to read, listen and comment. sallywienergrotta.substack.com/p/robert-saw...

Tomorrow (Monday, November 10, at 7:00 p.m., come see me in BURLINGTON, ONTARIO, as I give a free talk entiteld "Why Everyone Should Read Science Fiction." attend.bpl.on.ca/event/14568708

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...

Came here to check out your social media presence while I’m listening to The Downloaded 2 and this earned you an instant follow 👏 👏 👏

If you like Fraser and thoughtful scifi, I recommend this sequel (start with part 1 if you're new). I admit I'm partial to this franchise as I'm mentioned (twice!) in part 1—but I promise I get nothing from it (other than pride)! 😀 A mind-bending ride w/complex ethical questions. @robertjsawyer.com

Khan Noonien Singh: "On Earth, two hundred years ago, I was a prince." Andrew Mountbatten Windsor: "Me, too!"

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

And here’s a startup offering influencing/propaganda services. Called it ;) www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...

These days, as the world descends into gangsterish behavior, it does seem appropriate that our species name Homo sapiens can be translated as "wiseguy."