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A press release is an announcement sent to the media. Here are some press releases about Robert J. Sawyer's science-fiction novels and the awards that he's been nominated for or won:

New Novels

• January 17, 2007: Rollback ("A New Novel by Canada's Leading Science Fiction Author" — press release from H.B. Fenn and Company, Tor's Canadian distributor): Word document

• January 12, 2007: Rollback ("Human Lifespan will be Radically Extended Soon, says Award-winning author"): HTML / PDF

• March 28, 2006: Analog to Serialize Rollback
• January 6, 2003: Humans
• April 9, 2002: Hominids
• January 27, 2000: Calculating God
• May 17, 1999: Flashforward
• May 18, 1998: Factoring Humanity
• November 10, 1997: Illegal Alien
• May 27, 1997: Frameshift
• September 10, 1996: Starplex
• April 8, 1995: The Terminal Experiment

Awards

• June 2, 2007: Sawyer receives Honorary Doctorate
• February 15, 2007: Sawyer wins Toronto Public Library Celebrates Reading Award
• July 7, 2006: Mindscan wins John W. Campbell Memorial Award
• March 14, 2006: Hominids nominated for OLA Evergreen Award
• November 24, 2004: "Identity Theft" wins world's Top Cash Prize for SF
• April 11, 2004: Humans nominated for Hugo Award
• August 30, 2003: Hominids wins Hugo Award
• April 21, 2003: Hominids nominated for Hugo Award
• August 19, 2001: Frameshift wins Seiun Award
• April 27, 2001: Calculating God nominated for Hugo Award
• July 16, 2000: Flashforward wins Aurora Award
• April 23, 1999: Factoring Humanity nominated for Hugo Award
• December 22, 1998: "The Hand You're Dealt" wins Science Fiction Chronicle Reader Award
• December 2, 1998: Flashforward wins world's Top Cash Prize for SF
• June 12, 1998: 1998 Aurora Awards a Battle of the SF Titans
• June 12, 1998: Sawyer Nominated for Four Aurora Awards
• April 15, 1998: Illegal Alien nominated for Arthur Ellis Award
• April 10, 1998: Frameshift nominated for Hugo Award
• December 10, 1997: Factoring Humanity wins world's Top Cash Prize for SF
• November 1, 1997: Starplex wins Aurora Award (with photos from the ceremony)
• August 23, 1997: End of an Era wins Seiun Award
• July 28, 1997: End of an Era nominated for Seiun Award
• April 21, 1997: Starplex nominated for Hugo Award
• November 17, 1996: Sawyer short story wins Le Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire
• July 21, 1996: Terminal Experiment wins Aurora Award
• April 27, 1996: Terminal Experiment wins Nebula Award

Other

• February 22, 2003: Rob named Writer in Residence at The Merril Collection
• January 2, 2000: Rob co-hosts "Inventing the Future: 2000 Years of Discovery"
• October 20, 1998: Radio-TV Interview Report: Do Genes Define Our Destiny?
• July 10, 1998: Radio-TV Interview Report: Will Computers Soon Make Humans Obsolete?
• June 1, 1999: Factoring Humanity book tour
• May 4, 1998: Sawyer elected President of SFWA
• April 1, 1998: Bakka SF Bookstore moves
• January 29, 1998: Tesseracts 6 launched
• January 1, 1998: Illegal Alien featured as Coles/Smithbooks "Made in Canada" title
• November 14, 1997: Sawyer Joins Canada's Top Science TV Program

Author Photo

• Publication-quality photograph of Robert J. Sawyer

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