Robert J. Sawyer, Honored At Chengdu International Science Fiction and Fantasy Festival
Posted on August 30, 2007
Canadian author Robert J. Sawyer has been named "the most popular foreign author of the year" at the Chengdu International Science Fiction and Fantasy Festival. So why is the Dean of Canadian science fiction so revered in China? The Globe and Mail explains:
"The great thing about science fiction is that it transcends national boundaries," Sawyer said in his acceptance speech.It's wonderful that the Chinese are embracing foreign sf authors. But it's not so wonderful that they have absolutely no respect for copyright laws. J.K. Rowling has to be pulling her hair out over all bizarre, unauthorized Harry Potter books that have been published in China."It's wonderful to be at a conference along with writers from the United States, England, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Russia, New Zealand and Canada. Science fiction really is the literature of planet Earth."
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