Identity Theft and Other Stories (Robert Sawyer) - Softcover

Sawyer, Robert J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0889954127 ISBN 13: 9780889954120

Publisher: Red Deer College Press,Canada, 2009

Synopsis

This is a fantastic new collection of short stories from one of the world's best science fiction writers, Robert J. Sawyer. He is a Hugo and Nebula award winning writer. This is a dedicated mailing and e-mail campaign to targeted sci-fi related media & organizations. This volume brings together sixteen short-stories from one of the best-loved and critically acclaimed science fiction writers of all time, Robert J. Sawyer - winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards. In "Identity Theft", readers will discover the dark secret of the only priest on Mars, revisit H. G. Well's Morlocks from the masterpiece "The Time Machine", and learn what might really ensue if aliens allowed us access to the "Encyclopaedia Galactica". With each short story featuring a commentary from Sawyer himself, this is a must-have volume for science fiction fans everywhere.

About this title

Review:

"As fellow Canadian sf author Robert Charles Wilson points out, Sawyer's fiction possesses a remarkable down-to-earth quality that appeals to readers of all nationalities. Yet Sawyer's third collection of short fiction showcases not only an irresistibly engaging narrative voice but also a gift for confronting thorny philosophical conundrums. . . At every opportunity, Sawyer forces his readers to think while holding their attention with ingenious premises and superlative craftsmanship."
-- "Booklist"

"At the end of this book, author Robert Sawyer announces not to expect any more short stories any time soon. Not because he doesn't like writing them, many of the seventeen included here were requests for various anthologies, but because novels pay better for the time and effort involved. . . One can only hope he doesn't stay in novel format for too long."
-- "SFCrowsnest.com"

"Sawyer's latest collection is highly entertaining and thought-provoking; the book has something for almost any science-fiction fan. It is a testament to Sawyer's talent that it is not necessary to be a sci-fi fan to enjoy his writing; this is a collection of great stories that just happen to be set in the future."
-- "Quill & Quire"

"As fellow Canadian sf author Robert Charles Wilson points out, Sawyer's fiction possesses a remarkable down-to-earth quality that appeals to readers of all nationalities. Yet Sawyer's third collection of short fiction showcases not only an irresistibly engaging narrative voice but also a gift for confronting thorny philosophical conundrums. . . At every opportunity, Sawyer forces his readers to think while holding their attention with ingenious premises and superlative craftsmanship."
-- "Booklist"

"At the end of this book, author Robert Sawyer announces not to expect any more short stories any time soon. Not because he doesn't like writing them, many of the seventeen included here were requests for various anthologies, but because novels pay better for the time and effort involved. . . One can only hope he doesn't stay in novel format for too long."
-- "SFCrowsnest.com"

"Sawyer's latest collection is highly entertaining and thought-provoking; the book has something for almost any science-fiction fan. It is a testament to Sawyer's talent that it is not necessary to be a sci-fi fan to enjoy his writing; this is a collection of great stories that just happen to be set in the future."
-- "Quill & Quire"

"As fellow Canadian sf author Robert Charles Wilson points out, Sawyer's fiction possesses a remarkable down-to-earth quality that appeals to readers of all nationalities. Yet Sawyer's third collection of short fiction showcases not only an irresistibly engaging narrative voice but also a gift for confronting thorny philosophical conundrums. . . At every opportunity, Sawyer forces his readers to think while holding their attention with ingenious premises and superlative craftsmanship."

-- Booklist

"At the end of this book, author Robert Sawyer announces not to expect any more short stories any time soon. Not because he doesn't like writing them, many of the seventeen included here were requests for various anthologies, but because novels pay better for the time and effort involved. . . One can only hope he doesn't stay in novel format for too long."

-- SFCrowsnest.com

"Sawyer's latest collection is highly entertaining and thought-provoking; the book has something for almost any science-fiction fan. It is a testament to Sawyer's talent that it is not necessary to be a sci-fi fan to enjoy his writing; this is a collection of great stories that just happen to be set in the future."

-- Quill & Quire

About the Author:

Robert J. Sawyer is a Hugo Award and Nubula Award-winning author of more than 15 critically acclaimed science-fiction novels.

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Deer College Press,Canada
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0889954127
• ISBN 13: 9780889954120
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 286