Quotes About Robert J. Sawyer

By serializing two novels in 'Analog,' the world's No. 1, best-selling science fiction magazine, I've had 200,000 words of fiction and three cover stories in that magazine. Quite an enviable record.

I think there's always been, to some degree, a misunderstanding about what science fiction is all about, in that it has been judged by the general public as being literature of prediction, and it isn't.

The two heaviest known substances are neutronium and cartons of books.

Kayla replied, ´And we---or the p-zeds, at any rate---copy indiscriminately, without reflection. And if the person they´re coyping is a psychopath, then their behavior ends up being de facto psychopathic, too.´ ¨

And Wolfram knows about cellular automata?" "Oh, my goodness, yes," said Anna. "He wrote a book you could kill a man with—twelve hundred pages—called A New Kind of Science. It's all about them." "We should totally ask him what he thinks!" Caitlin said.

You know the difference between a psychopath and a homeopath?" She shook her head. "Some psychopaths do no harm.

When I started publishing - my first novel came out in 1990 - there were no options for publishing science fiction in Canada. There were no small presses, and the large presses simply would not touch it at all.

Many science-fiction writers, such as Gregory Benford, are working scientists. Many others, such as Joe Haldeman, have advanced degrees in science. Others, like me, have backgrounds in science and technology journalism.

Science fiction should not be dismissed as escapism. It is a profound vehicle for talking about social and political issues.

Naturally, one does not normally discuss plans to commit murder with the intended victim.