An event that's out of this world. Jasper Fforde, Spider Robinson and Robert J. Sawyer read from their novels. Jay MillAr opens the event reading from his new collection of poetry. Mark Askwith hosts.
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Mark Askwith is a producer, writer and interviewer for SPACE, Canada's national science-fiction channel. He has also written graphic novels, including Silencers and The Prisoner.
Jasper Fforde’s writing has won acclaim for its satirical humour, vivid descriptions and sheer silliness. Fforde presents First Among Sequels, the fifth novel to feature his popular character Thursday Next.
Spider Robinson has won three Hugos, a Nebula, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and numerous other awards. Robinson was chosen by the Heinlein Prize Trust to write a novel based on a seven-page outline created by the late Robert A. Heinlein.
Robert J. Sawyer has been hailed as “the dean of Canadian science fiction” by The Ottawa Citizen. He is one of seven writers to have won all three of science fiction’s top honours for best novel: the Hugo, the Nebula, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award.
