This week, Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo, Nebula, and Campbell Memorial-award winning science fiction writer, joins us to talk about his upcoming book, THE OPPENHEIMER ALTERNATIVE, available June 2, 2020. Learn more at https://www.sfwriter.com and follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/RobertJSawyer and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/robertjsawyer.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Halle Berry

Judi Dench

Cats (Movie)

Catwoman (Movie)

H. G. Wells

Charles Dickens

ROLLBACK by Robert J. Sawyer

ALTERED CARBON by Richard K. Morgan

NEUROMANCER by William Gibson

UNCLE TOM'S CABIN by Harriet Beecher Stowe

THE MARTIAN by Andy Weir

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO by Stieg Larsson

Robert A. Heinlein

FLASHFORWARD by Robert J. Sawyer

Arthur C. Clarke