About this Event
Award-winning science fiction author Robert Sawyer joins us to discuss his latest novel The Downloaded. In conversation with James Alan Gardner.
In 2059 two very different groups have their minds uploaded into a quantum computer in Waterloo, Ontario. One group consists of astronauts preparing for Earth’s first interstellar voyage. The other? Convicted murderers, serving their sentences in a virtual-reality Pr*son. But when disaster strikes, the astronauts and the prisoners must download back into physical reality and find a way to work together to save Earth from destruction ...
About the Author
Robert J. Sawyer has won both the Hugo and the Nebula Award for best science-fiction novel of the year. The ABC TV series FlashForward was based on his novel of the same name. A member of the Order of Canada, past president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and Guest of Honor at the 2023 World Science Fiction Convention.
Rob is one of only eight writers in history (and the only Canadian) to win all three of the science-fiction field’s top honors for best novel of the year. You can follow Rob on his website.
About the Moderator
James Alan Gardner has twice won the Aurora Award from the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association, as well as the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for short fiction, and the Asimov’s Reader's Choice Award.
He has also received nominations for both the Hugo and the Nebula Awards. Previous books include All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault and several novels in the League of Peoples universe.
Note: This is an in-person event taking place in the theatre at our Central Library location (85 Queen St. N.).
The talk starts at 7:00 p.m. Doors open at 6:00pm.
Q&A and book signing to follow. Books will available for purchase
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Accessibility at Kitchener Public Library
Kitchener Public Library has assistive listening devices available for library program participants who are Deaf or hard of hearing. Please call or email us if you would like more information on this equipment, or to request to use it in this program. Please let us know as far in advance as possible and we will do our best to meet your request. Phone 519-743-0271 or email [email protected].
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Kitchener Public Library, 85 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Canada
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