Science Fiction Giant: Talking with Robert J. Sawyer, Part 1

When you want a long view of science fiction, you go to someone with a long history in the genre. And a person like Hugo, Nebula, and Campbell Memorial award winner, screenwriter, and novelist Robert J. Sawyer (Hominids, FlashForward) has that perspective in spades. In part 1 of our interview with him, Sawyer shares his thoughts on the differences between writing novels and scripts, New York publishers vs. self-publishing, and why successes like Andy Weir’s The Martian are unexpected outliers that are hard to repeat. RECURSOR: You do both novel writing.
When you want a long view of science fiction, you go to someone with a long history in the genre..

Mars Madness: An Interview with Andy Weir

Without a doubt, people are obsessed with Mars. We search for its red spark in the night sky. We imagine traveling to it, and some of us are willing to take a one-way ticket there. Even a private firm like SpaceX is set to launch a test capsule toward the magnificent red planet in 2018. So, it’s no surprise that a film set on Mars would captivate us. We chatted with author Andy Weir about how The Martian captured and still stays in our minds as a promise of space.
Without a doubt, people are obsessed with Mars. We search for its red spark in the night sky. We imagine.

Indie Sci Fi Review: EXIT LOG

In the year 2247, not only has humanity ventured out among the stars, but time travel has also been invented. However, there is a catch: time travel is limited to only three minutes into the past. Each starship has a “time-drive” installed as an emergency contingency. Once the time-drive is activated, everything on the ship is reset three minutes into the past — except for a final warning message known as the “exit log.” Onboard a deep space vessel, two engineers, Amy (Ruta Gedmintas, The Strain) and Hannah (Ophelia Lovibond,.
In the year 2247, not only has humanity ventured out among the stars, but time travel has also been.