This evening, the Deranged Squirrel, Mad Jenny, and The Blogless One (AKA JL), went to an author visit (at our library) from the Dean of Canadian science fiction, Robert J. Sawyer.
Alas, poor Hominid--I knew him!
Sawyer read from his latest release, Rollback (which is highly recommended), and fielded questions from the audience. He is a talented public speaker and storyteller, and very well-informed and practiced, nimbly parrying and riposting a question of mine concerning the first novel of his I read, Calculating God, and the Anthropic Principle. Afterward, he autographed two books for me:
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| The Hugo Award-winning Hominids. | Its immediate sequel, Humans. |
Click on the photos to enlarge them. As you can see, Robert J. Sawyer is a keen observer of humanity.
