Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft

Robert J. Sawyer is one of only eight writers ever to have won all three of the world’s top awards for best science fiction novel of the year: the Hugo (for Hominids), the Nebula (for The Terminal Experiment), and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (for Mindscan). According to the Locus Index to Science Fiction Awards, he has won more awards for his novels than any other author in the history of the science fiction and fantasy genres. Rob—who holds two honorary doctorates—has published in both of the world’s top scientific journals, Science (guest editorial) and Nature (fiction). The ABC television series FlashForward was based on his Aurora Award–winning novel of the same name, and he was one of the scriptwriters for that program. In 2013 he received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal from the governor general of Canada, and in 2014 he was one of the initial nine inductees into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.