Robert J Sawyer

I met a sci fi author this weekend at DragonCon. Okay, I met several, but I only met one who wasn't a complete douche. That would be, of course, Robert J. Sawyer. He's fairly new, (younger than Harlan Ellison) and writes actaul science fiction and not the novilization of second rate TV shows. (I'm talking to you Richard Hatch and Brad Linaweaver).

Anyway, I thought his name was vaugely familiar, and it turns out Crutcher has a few of his books and has even spent some time trying to convince me to read one or two. Now I might.

One of the books he talked about was "Calculating God", which is basically a concersation between a man and a giant spider about the possible nonexistance of god. Here'sthe first chapter.

It's surprising. And good. And a relevant conversation in this day and age. I'm buying the rest to see how it turns out.