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John Scalzi

(John Michael Scalzi)

(b.1969)

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 the Hugo Award. His other novels include The Ghost Brigades, The Last Colony, and The Android's Dream. He lives in southern Ohio with his wife and daughter.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy

Series

Old Man's War
   1. Old Man's War (2005)
   2. The Ghost Brigades (2006)
   3. The Last Colony (2007)
   4. Zoe's Tale (2008)
   5. The Human Division (2013)
   6. The End of All Things (2015)

Shadow War of the Night Dragons
1. The Dead City (2012)

Human Division
   1. The B-Team (2013)
   2. Walk the Plank (2013)
   3. We Only Need the Heads (2013)
   4. A Voice in the Wilderness (2013)
   5. Tales From the Clarke (2013)
   6. The Back Channel (2013)
   7. The Dog King (2013)
   8. The Sound of Rebellion (2013)
   9. The Observers (2013)
   10. This Must Be the Place (2013)
   11. A Problem of Proportion (2013)
   12. The Gentle Art of Cracking Heads (2013)
   13. Earth Below, Sky Above (2013)

Lock In
   1. Lock In (2014)
   2. Head On (2018)
   3. Unlocked (2014)

End of All Things
   1. The Life of the Mind (2015)
   2. This Hollow Union (2015)
   3. Can Long Endure (2015)
   4. To Stand or Fall (2015)

Interdependency
   1. The Collapsing Empire (2017)
   2. The Consuming Fire (2018)
   3. The Last Emperox (2020)

Novels

   Agent to the Stars (2005)
   The Android's Dream (2006)
   The God Engines (2009)
   Fuzzy Nation (2011)
   Redshirts (2012)
   A Very Scalzi Christmas (2019)

Omnibus

Old Man's War Boxed Set (2014)

Collections

Miniatures (2016)

Novellas

   Questions for a Soldier (2005)
   The Sagan Diary (2007)
   Judge Sn Goes Golfing (2009)
   After the Coup (2010)
   The President's Brain is Missing (2011)
   How I Proposed to My Wife (2011)
   An Election (2012)
   The Tale of the Wicked (2012)
   Redshirts: Chapters 1-4 (2012)
   Muse of Fire (2013)
   Everything but the Squeal (2016)
   The Dispatcher (2017)

Series contributed to

METAtropolis (with Elizabeth Bear, Tobias S Buckell, Jay Lake and Karl Schroeder)
Metatropolis (2009)

Non fiction

Awards

	Hugo Best Novel nominee (2006) : Old Man's War
	John W. Campbell Best Book winner (2006) : Old Man's War
	Prometheus Award Best Novel nominee (2007) : The Ghost Brigades
	Hugo Best Novel nominee (2008) : The Last Colony
	Hugo Best Novel nominee (2009) : Zoe's Tale
	Andre Norton Award Best Book nominee (2010) : Zoe's Tale
	Hugo Best Novel winner (2013) : Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas
	John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2015) : Lock In
	Hugo Best Book nominee (2018) : The Collapsing Empire

John Scalzi recommends

Mainspring (2007)
(Clockwork Earth, book 1)
Jay Lake
"The gears that propel this story run like clockwork. The world Jay has created here is one of the best windup toys a reader could ever want."

Empyre (2007)
Josh Conviser
"Josh Conviser's near future is fascinating to imagine - and terrifying, because we might just be heading for it."

Devil Said Bang (2012)
(Sandman Slim, book 4)
Richard Kadrey
"Richard Kadrey's 'Sandman Slim' series is one of my favorite sets of fantasy books from the last few years."

Hurricane Fever (2014)
(Arctic Rising, book 2)
Tobias S Buckell
"Tobias Buckell is stretching the horizons of science fiction."

Ancillary Sword (2014)
(Imperial Radch, book 2)
Ann Leckie
"UNEXPECTED COMPELLING AND VERY COOL ANN LECKIE NAILS IT."

The Skill of Our Hands (2017)
(Incrementalists, book 2)
Steven Brust and Skyler White
"Secret societies, immortality, murder mysteries, and Las Vegas all in one book? Shut up and take my money."

The Stars Are Legion (2017)
Kameron Hurley
"Badass."

The End of Magic (2017)
(Echo Park Coven, book 3)
Amber Benson
"Amber Benson's got it."

Fata Morgana (2017)
Steven R Boyett and Ken Mitchroney
"Action, adventure, cool speculative events, well-drawn characters, and an ending that sticks the landing. Fata Morgana pushes all my happy buttons."

The Delirium Brief (2017)
(Laundry Files, book 8)
Charles Stross
"Charles Stross is awesome and his books are awesome and his Laundry Files series in particular is a hell of a lot of fun."

The Merry Spinster (2018)
Mallory Ortberg
"Mallory Ortberg has the sloe gin wit of Dorothy Parker and the soul of a Classics nerd. It's like both of them sat next to each other in THE MERRY SPINSTER and gossiped away. The result is an absolute delight."

Space Opera (2018)
Catherynne M Valente
"As if Ziggy Stardust went on a blind date with The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, then they got smashed and sang karaoke all night long. Cat Valente is mad and brilliant and no one else would have even thought of this, much less pulled it off."

Blood Orbit (2018)
(Gattis File, book 1)
K R Richardson and K Richardson
"That thing they say about a book grabbing you and just not letting go? Yeah, that's the thing Blood Orbit does really well."

The Calculating Stars (2018)
(Lady Astronaut, book 1)
Mary Robinette Kowal
"Simply enchanting...You're going to love this."

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (2018)
Hank Green
"Funny, thrilling, and an absolute blast to read. I knew Hank would be good at this, but I didn't know he would be this good on the first try."

How Long 'til Black Future Month? (2018)
N K Jemisin
"Arguably the most important speculative writer of her generation... She's that good."

Captain Future: Captain Future in Love (2019)
Allen Steele
"The first writer I wrote a fan letter to. I'm no less of a fan of his work now!."

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