Igneous Quill (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
In his novel " Hominids " Robert J. Sawyer describes a parallel earth where Neanderthals became the dominant species of hominids, and homo sapiens died out. The near-angelic Neanderthals of this imaginary world are eco-friendly atheists who sterilize rather than execute the criminally violent. They also have advanced surveillance implants embedded in all members of their society,...
G D Townshende (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
In this post, I talked a little about Janet Evanovich's method of creating characters and also made reference to Robert J. Sawyer's method of creating characters (which he discusses here). Here's what Sawyer said:Psst! Wanna hear a secret? The people in most stories aren't really humans — they're robots!Real people are quite accidental, the result of a random jumbling of...
Divers and Sundry (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... Justine Larbalestier's Liar; Cory Doctorow's Little Brother; Christopher Barzak's One For Sorrow. Robert Sawyer's WWW: Wake; Michael Swanwick's Bones of the Earth; Joe Haldeman's The Accidental Time Machine; Fast Forward II (edited by Lou Anders); Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles; Scott Westerfield's Uglies; Patricia Wrede's Thirteenth Child; Robin McKinley's Sunshine; Elizabeth...
Acephalous (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
If I were to tell you that a television series in which John Cho (a.k.a. the Harold who went to White Castle) consistently steals scenes from Joseph Fiennes (of the Acting Fienneses) exists, you'd likely laugh at me. But it does. Every Thursday night brings us another bizarrely-paced episode of Flashforward. Loosely based on the Robert J. Sawyer novel (which I haven't read) of the same...
