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ROBERT J. SAWYER
Best Novel Hugo and Nebula Award Winner

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Outlines and Synopses

Outlines

An outline is created prior to writing the novel, and is used both as an aid in selling the book to a publisher and in guiding the author in the creation of the book.

Flashforward (Aurora winner)
Frameshift (Seiun winner)
Hominids (Hugo winner)
Illegal Alien (Seiun winner)
Starplex (Aurora winner)
Mindscan (Campbell winner)
Armada (a Star Trek novel)
Alien Exodus (a novel in the Star Wars universe)

Synopses

A synopsis is created after the novel is completed. Three of the synopses below were created to accompany serialization installments in Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine; the fourth -- the one for Illegal Alien -- was created to aid my film agent in optioning movie rights to the book.

Hominids (Hugo winner)
Illegal Alien (Seiun winner)
Starplex (Aurora winner)
The Terminal Experiment (Nebula winner)

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SCIENCE FICTION WRITER ROBERT J. SAWYER Best Novel Hugo and Nebula Award Winner

Outlines and Synopses

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SCIENCE FICTION WRITER
ROBERT J. SAWYER
Best Novel Hugo and Nebula Award Winner