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| Author | Robert J. Sawyer |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Harper Prism |
Publication date | May 1995 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 333 |
| ISBN | 0-06-105310-4 |
| OCLC | 32448141 |
The Terminal Experiment is a science fiction novel by Canadian writer Robert J. Sawyer. The book won the 1995 Nebula Award for Best Novel,[1] and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1996.[2] Sawyer received a writer's reserve grant from the Ontario Arts Council in 1993 in support of his writing the novel.[3]
The story was first serialised in Analog magazine in the mid-December 1994 to March 1995 issues, under the name Hobson's Choice, before its first novel publication in May, 1995. A Hobson's choice is an apparently free choice that is really no choice at all. In this book it is a play on the main character's name and describes the choice between immortality and provable life after death.
- ^ "1995 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
- ^ "1996 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
- ^ Amy Elisabeth Fuller, ed. (2009). "Sawyer, Robert J. 1960–". Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series, Vol. 184. Detroit: Gale. pp. 315–323.