john scalzi

John Michael Scalzi II born Fairfield, California: 10 May 1969 John Scalzi is an American author of science fiction novels, non-fiction books and a journalist. He is also known for his popular blog, Whatever. Scalzi's first novel, Agent to the Stars, was written in 1997 and published free to...

This is a good solid finish to the trilogy, however I didn’t really feel that either of the second and third books really lived up to the promise of the first and the final ending felt a bit rushed and unconvincing. A couple of important plot twists were effective when first used but felt sloppy...

Consuming Fire is the second instalment in Scalzi’s Interdependency series. The collapse of the ‘Flow’ that enables interstellar travel between the dispersed elements of the Interdependency has begun and the race to figure out a way to survive that collapse has also begun but, with much...

This one I picked up as an audiobook. An interesting concept. Pretty short, a good mystery tale. I don't think the concept would've carried for a full-length novel. At least not for the story told. The concept that is the vehicle the story's mystery, that anyone who is killed...

I have just read The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi, based upon recommendation from members here. I really liked it. It is my first John Scalzi book, but I can see his appeal - fast paced, modern language and feisty characters. I like the idea behind this series - The Flow, a natural...

Humans have expanded out to the stars but the inconvenient light speed limit imposed by physics would make trade and communication across such interstellar distances impossible. However the ‘flow’ was discovered, a kind of little understood hyperspace that has allowed short cuts between...

A friend of mine informed me syfy has been working on this! Being one of my favorite book series, I,m very excited! If you enjoy space travel, alien encounter sci-fi, I highly recommend this series. Does anyone have more info on this possible show. I cant find much on it besides "it's...

Have been organising my libraries again and trying to update my computer database with my newest books. My partner's birthday book Redshirts appeared and he remarked how much he enjoyed it (and The Martian) and asked me if he could have something similar for Xmas. Short notice as per usual...

Hi everyone, A friend is trying to find a book he read some time ago. Judging by his description, I think it is more likely to be "classic era", ie maybe '50s/'60s. An old man (like thousands of others) has the option to acquire a new, much younger body, in order to fight in space. All the...

Having decided to read John Scalzi's Fuzzy Nation I felt it would be interesting to read it and H Beam Piper's original - Little Fuzzy - together and do a little compare and contrast of the two books. So I read Piper's original first and then immediately went on to read Scalzi's version. Below I...

Although not presented as such this is really a book of linked short stories (episodes Scalzi calls them). They follow a common timeline and have common characters and, whilst there is an overall mystery that links them all, this is never resolved and left completely hanging at the end. In...

The Android’s Dream John Scalzi Tor, Nov 2006, $24.95 ISBN 0765309416 After his time as a war hero in some OLD MAN’S WAR, Harry Creek enjoys the anonymity of being a minor State Department employee who works with alien ambassadors assigned to Earth. However, a monstrous blunder has occurred...

Zoe’s Tale John Scalzi Tor, Aug 2008, $24.95 ISBN: 0765316986 Jane Sagan and John Perry have been recruited to establish Roanoke, a new human colony. When they agreed to help, neither Jane nor John expected interference or hostility from the scheming amoral home-world government. They were also...

Agent To The Stars John Scalzi Tor, Nov 2008, $14.95 ISBN: 0765317710 Although relatively young compared to his envious peers, Hollywood agent Tom Stein is the top gun in his vocation at this moment. His confidence is extremely high that he can sell anyone. His newest star literally comes from...

Redshirts John Scalzi Tor Books, June 5 2012, $24.99 ISBN: 9780765316998 In 2456, Ensign Andrew Dahl is euphoric to learn he has been assigned to the Universal Union starship Intrepid to work in the xenobiology laboratory on the journey on Away Missions. Dahl notices that veterans hide whenever...

Over here... kinda great news for the man.

Very interesting post, which unsurprisingly comes from Scalzi's well-established liberal/Heinlein-loving perspective. For reference, another SF writer (John C. Wright) made the claim that Heinlein couldn't win a Hugo today (because, you know, "thought police," "political correctness,"...

Scalzi on the new Hydra imprint. "If this is the economic model Random House genuinely plans to follow for the future of electronic publishing, it deserves to die."

http://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/02/23/a-personal-history-of-libraries/ http://www.theamericanconservative.com/jacobs/on-libraries/ I discovered my two top favorite authors in a public library -- I was just looking around for something to read. I will await comparable testimonies from people...

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