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John Scalzi
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born
May 10, 1969
in The United States
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influences
Robert Heinlein, Dorothy Parker, HL Mencken, Coke Zero
member since
December 2007
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Old Man's War
  4.18 avg rating — 15,040 ratings
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2004
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26 editions
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The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)
4.01 avg rating — 6,502 ratings
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2006
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15 editions
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The Last Colony (Old Man's War, #3)
  3.94 avg rating — 5,094 ratings
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2007
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10 editions
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Zoe's Tale (Old Man's War, #4)
3.74 avg rating — 2,967 ratings
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2008
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12 editions
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Fuzzy Nation
4.00 avg rating — 2,455 ratings
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2011
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The Android's Dream
3.91 avg rating — 2,559 ratings
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2006
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Agent to the Stars
3.89 avg rating — 1,928 ratings
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2004
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2 editions
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The God Engines
3.54 avg rating — 944 ratings
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2009
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11 editions
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The Sagan Diary
3.28 avg rating — 618 ratings
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2007
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METAtropolis: The Dawn of Uncivilization
by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author), Karl Schroeder, Elizabeth Bear (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 514 ratings
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2009
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METAtropolis
(2 books)
by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author), Karl Schroeder, Elizabeth Bear (Goodreads Author), Jay Lake (Goodreads Author), Tobias S. Buckell (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 640 ratings
by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author), Karl Schroeder, Elizabeth Bear (Goodreads Author), Jay Lake (Goodreads Author), Tobias S. Buckell (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 640 ratings
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Taste of Westwood
Author appearance, June 03, 2012 06:00PM
Westwood Public Library, 49 Park Avenue, Westwood, NJ, US
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Author appearance, June 03, 2012 06:00PM
Westwood Public Library, 49 Park Avenue, Westwood, NJ, US
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John Scalzi at Book Expo America
Author appearance, June 05, 2012 12:00PM — 2 people invited
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th Street, New York, NY, US
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Author appearance, June 05, 2012 12:00PM — 2 people invited
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th Street, New York, NY, US
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Book Expo America, "Science Fiction & Mainstream - Crossing Over" Panel. Als...more
John Scalzi at Barnes & Noble
Author appearance, June 06, 2012 06:30PM
Barnes & Noble, 1805 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, US
http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/76631
Author appearance, June 06, 2012 06:30PM
Barnes & Noble, 1805 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, US
http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/76631
John Scalzi reading from Redshirts.
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Awful. 'I did this cool thing, then I saved some people, then I single handedly rescued the mission, even though I was the least qualified, then I came up with this cool idea and got promoted. I was a green superhuman too.'
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“Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of what they'll do to you.”
― John Scalzi
― John Scalzi
“If you want me to treat your ideas with more respect, get some better ideas.”
― John Scalzi, Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008
― John Scalzi, Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008
“I am not responsible for actions of the imaginary version of me you have inside your head.”
― John Scalzi
― John Scalzi
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| Fantasy Book Club: What Are You Reading in April? | 48 | 147 | Apr 20, 2009 07:57am | |
| The Alternative W...: Beach Books | 59 | 19 | Apr 21, 2009 11:39pm | |
| SciFi and Fantasy...: What I am also reading in April | 41 | 266 | Jun 30, 2009 07:43pm |
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Did you know that Goodreads was started by a Webb alumnus? Otis Chandler '96 is the founder of Goodreads. Alumni, faculty, students, parents and friend...more
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Your books are responsible for my brother getting into Science Fiction. I sent him Old Man's War when he was in Iraq. He loved it, and it soon got passed around to the guys in his unit, who loved it as well.
You can't go wrong sending Military Sci-Fi to a bunch of ground-pounders :)
Now he has started reading Asimov, Clarke, and many more of the classics. Mwuhahaha, I had the last laugh. He used to razz me when we were teenagers for being a science fiction nerd :)
