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Robert J. Sawyer

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Robert James Sawyer (born April 29, 1960) is a Canadian and American writer of science fiction. He is the author of 25 published novels, and his short fiction has appeared in magazines and journals such as Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, and Nature, in addition to several anthologies. He has won many writing awards, including the Nebula Award for Best Novel (1995), the Hugo Award for Best Novel (2003), the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (2006), the Robert A. Heinlein Award (2017), and multiple Aurora Awards (more than any other writer).

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Quotes from Robert J. Sawyer

Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.

—Robert J. Sawyer in Calculating God

Honor does not have to be defended.

—Robert J. Sawyer

The right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance; the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore.

—Robert J. Sawyer

General principles should not be based on exceptional cases.

—Robert J. Sawyer

How do you define God? Like this. A God I could understand, at least potentially, was infinitely more interesting and relevant than one that defied comprehension.

—Robert J. Sawyer

Not wanting to die was another universal constant, it seemed.

—Robert J. Sawyer

Books

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