Tag: John Scalzi

From audiobook to hardcover print, The Dispatcher is a quick, entertaining read by John Scalzi that will have you anxiously flipping the pages till the end.

Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi is a new audiobook from Audible Studios presenting a sampling of the author’s shorter work, including four pieces exclusive to this collection.

I told my psychiatrist everyone hates humorous SF. He said I was being ridiculous; everyone hasn't read humorous SF...

Steve picks up and reviews a brand-new hard SF book—a thriller—by best-selling mystery writer John Sandford and SF pro artist & photographer Ctein, and finds it a fast, fun read!

Hoo boy! The funny!

Italian posts and a Scalzi book tour. What do you mean those things don't go together?

Amazon vs Hachette and lots and lots of newsletters and press releases!

Gary Dalkin reviews the novel that gave the author of Old Man's War - John Scalzi - his start.

China soft-lands a rover on the Moon; NPR Features Filk; Charlies Stross warns that your frickin frying pan may be spying on you...and if that isn't enough, Amazing Stories makes the case for Chuck Jones, famed cartoon director, having anticipated the Chinese Moon landing in his featurette Haredevil Hare from 1948!

With my schedule pressing in on me from all sides, I decided this was a good time to share some more photos from the 71st Worldcon. LoneStarCon 3 was filled with amazing fans and dazzling stars. All photos were taken by Shawn McConnell. Hope you enjoy these LoneStarCon 3 photos.

From time to time I make halfhearted efforts to like the things everyone else seems to, like The Beatles. In the same spirit I occasionally apply myself to classic science fiction. I recently dug into Little Fuzzy, the much-loved novel by H. Beam Piper.

Science fiction has a long future ahead. While this was my first Worldcon, I hope it will not be my last.

LoneStarCon 3 promises to be one of the truly landmark events in the history of science fiction. Something so magnificent owes a great debt to San Antonio Fandom

The topic of sexual harassment, in general and specifically at science fiction (SF) conventions (cons), has been discussed online at length lately, due in...

Worldcon, coming up at the end of August, regularly conducts the WSFS business meeting where, among other things, possible changes to the Hugo Awards...

 CAUSES 100 Great SF Stories by Women Don't Travel to Texas If You Do Go to Texas, Stand With Their Women Scalzi on OSC Movie Boycott (Read through...

With the Hugo Award voting coming to a close at the end of July, I find my attention being pulled towards the historical data...

Science fiction and fantasy are taking over the realm of the Hollywood summer blockbuster, no question about it. Marvel Studios is gearing up to...

Last week, we talked about how every piece of humorous speculative fiction inevitably gets compared to Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy....

Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy (itself spread across five books with a six written by Eoin Colfer), with its friendly,...

Like many readers, I became a fan of John Scalzi after reading his Old Man's War. It's a wonderful book and it led me...

Hello, folks! Now that I'm back on my feet, I find that April's here. A few days ago was April 1st, also known as...

Thanks to the exciting reach the internet brings us authors and fans of literature are connecting in ways never seen before. What once was...

Whenever I think of speculative fiction's relationship to romance, I am always reminded of that scene in The Princess Bride where Fred Savage's character...