John Scalzi

John Scalzi won the 2006 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and his debut novel Old Man’s War was a finalist for science fiction’s Hugo Award.  His other books include The Ghost Brigades, The Android’s Dream and The Last Colony. He has won the Hugo Award, the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for science-fiction, the Seiun, The Kurd Lasswitz and the Geffen awards. His weblog, The Whatever, is one of the most widely-read web sites in modern SF. Born and raised in California, Scalzi studied at the University of Chicago. He lives in southern Ohio with his wife and daughter.

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Authors@Google Presents: John Scalzi

Author John Scalzi discusses The Last Colony as part of the Authors@Google series. This event took place on April 27, 2007 at Google Headquarters in Mountain View, CA.

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John Scalzi discusses his book, The Last Colony

Author interview with John Scalzi on his science fiction novel The Last Colony, the sequel to Old Man's War.

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A conversation with John Scalzi, Scott Westerfeld and Justine La

Listen to this author interview to hear acclaimed science fiction and fantasy authors and great friends John Scalzi, Scott Westerfeld, and Justine Larbalestier chat about their books. Learn more about Campbell Award-winning author John Scalzi at http://us.macmillan.com/author/johnscalzi Learn more about space opera sci-fi author Scott Westerfeld at http://us.macmillan.com/author/scottwesterfeld Visit fantasy/thriller author Justine Larbalestier's website at http://justinelarbalestier.com/

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A conversation with John Scalzi, Scott Westerfeld and Justine La

Listen to this author interview to hear acclaimed science fiction and fantasy authors and great friends John Scalzi, Scott Westerfeld, and Justine Larbalestier chat about their books. Learn more about Campbell Award-winning author John Scalzi at http://us.macmillan.com/author/johnscalzi Learn more about space opera sci-fi author Scott Westerfeld at http://us.macmillan.com/author/scottwesterfeld Visit fantasy/thriller author Justine Larbalestier's website at http://justinelarbalestier.com/

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John Scalzi on his book The Last Colony

"Hear author John Scalzi talk about his science fiction novel The Last Colony. In this audio recorded author interview, Scalzi talks to Tor publicist Dot Lin on The Last Colony, the perils of a madcap book tour, and his hotly anticipated next book! Learn more about the SF book The Last Colony at http://us.macmillan.com/thelastcolony/JohnScalzi Read more about author John Scalzi at http://us.macmillan.com/author/johnscalzi"

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Hey guys: As you know I’m DJing an 80s dance tonight. I’m pretty well situated for 80s dance music (500 tracks on the playlist) BUT there’s always a chance I’ve completely blown past a “wow you should really have that in the mix” track. SO: Suggest one of YOUR favorite...

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Redshirts
Redshirts

John Scalzi
Tor Books


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Fuzzy Nation
Fuzzy Nation

John Scalzi
Tor Books

ZaraCorp holds the right to extract unlimited resources from the verdant planet Zarathustra—as long as the planet is certifiably free of native sentients. So...


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The President's Brain is Missing
The President's Brain is Missing
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John Scalzi
Tor Books

The question is, how can you tell the President's brain is missing? And are we sure we need it back?


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Agent to the Stars
Agent to the Stars

John Scalzi
Tor Science Fiction

The space-faring Yherajk have come to Earth to meet us and to begin humanity’s first interstellar friendship. There’s just one problem: They’re hideously ugly...


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After the Coup
After the Coup
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John Scalzi
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In a universe of harsh interstellar conflict, the practice of interspecies diplomacy—when possible—is important. So being a Colonial Union officer attached to...


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Metatropolis
Metatropolis

John Scalzi
Tor Books

Five original tales set in a shared urban future—from some of the hottest young writers in modern SF A strange man comes to an even stranger encampment...a...


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Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded
Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded

John Scalzi
Tor Books

On September 13, 1998, John Scalzi sat down in front of his computer to write the first entry in his blog Whatever--and changed the history of the Internet as...


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Zoe's Tale
Zoe's Tale

John Scalzi
Tor Science Fiction

A return to the bestselling Old Man’s War universe, by science fiction’s fastest-rising new star, told from the point of view of one of the most appealing...


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The Last Colony
The Last Colony

John Scalzi
Tor Science Fiction

The highly-anticipated conclusion to the science fiction trilogy begun with Old Man’s War and The Ghost Brigades.


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