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| Science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer will be attending the 20th annual Saskatchewan Festival of Words in 2016. It will mark his third visit to the festival. Photo courtesy Christina Molendyk |
By Lisa Goudy
Author Robert J. Sawyer considers himself an unconventional science fiction author compared to most.
"Think of everything from Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' through to 'The Hunger Games' and you can clearly see that most successful science fiction has the view that things are bad today and they're only going to get worse," he said. "My position has long been things are good today and they're only going to get better."
This position, he added, is justified based on the conditions of today versus the conditions of 100 years ago. For instance, a century ago, in the middle of winter, people would have to go out to the outhouse. Now there is indoor plumbing.
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