Last week, Robert J. Sawyer “ a.k.a. the Canadian author most likely to have his brain kept alive in a jar for centuries to come (Christian Bök being a close second) “ launched his newest novel, Wake (Viking Canada), at Dominion on Toronto’s Queen Street East. The event was hosted by BakkaPhoenix Books. (Photos courtesy of Carolyn Clink)
Bakka’s Chris Szego and Aurora Simmons bag the books.
Space television’s Mark Askwith (fresh from having interviewed Sawyer onstage), Lesley Livingston, author of Wondrous Strange (HarperCollins Canada), and Sawyer.
Sawyer fan Troy Perault displays the tattoo he had made of Sawyer’s signature from a previous event. See, now here’s the difference between sci-fi writers and rock stars “ sci-fi writers sign their fans’ legs.