John Scalzi
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born
May 10, 1969
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male
place of birth
The United States
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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science, Humor
influences
Robert Heinlein, Dorothy Parker, HL Mencken, Coke Zero
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December 2007
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John Scalzi, having declared his absolute boredom with biographies, disappeared in a puff of glitter and lilac scent.
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Old Man's War (Book 1) by John Scalzi (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.13 — 2,229 ratings — published 2005 11 editions |
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The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.99 — 1,302 ratings — published 2006 8 editions |
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The Last Colony by John Scalzi (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.91 — 1,006 ratings — published 2007 7 editions |
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The Android's Dream by John Scalzi (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.86 — 673 ratings — published 2006 5 editions |
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Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.78 — 532 ratings — published 2008 4 editions |
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Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.83 — 258 ratings — published 2005 2 editions |
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The Sagan Diary by John Scalzi (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.42 — 153 ratings — published 2007 3 editions |
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METAtropolis: The Dawn of Uncivilization by John Scalzi (Goodreads author), Karl Schroeder, Elizabeth Bear, Jay Lake (Goodreads author) , Tobias S. Buckell (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.82 — 67 ratings — published 2008 2 editions |
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You're Not Fooling Anyone When You Take Your Laptop to a Coffee Shop: Scalzi on Writing by John Scalzi (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.21 — 43 ratings — published 2007 |
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Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded by John Scalzi (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.12 — 26 ratings — published 2008 2 editions |
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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
"The man reached into his coat and pulled out a wallet containing an ID card. "Agent Dwight, FBI. Miss Baker, I need you to come with me. You're in danger here."
"In danger?" Robin said. "In danger from what?"
"Not from what. From who," Agent Dwight said, and glanced over at Creek. "You're in danger from him. He's going to kill you, Miss Baker. At least he is going to try."
Robin turned to Creek. "You bastard," she said. "You never said anything about killing me when we made the date."
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— John Scalzi
"In danger?" Robin said. "In danger from what?"
"Not from what. From who," Agent Dwight said, and glanced over at Creek. "You're in danger from him. He's going to kill you, Miss Baker. At least he is going to try."
Robin turned to Creek. "You bastard," she said. "You never said anything about killing me when we made the date."
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— John Scalzi
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"The story of how I left Huckleberry begins -- as do all worthy stories -- with a goat"
— John Scalzi (The Last Colony)
— John Scalzi (The Last Colony)
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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 :)
