John Scalzi
Autor/a de Old Man's War
Sobre l'autor
John Michael Scalzi was born May 10, 1969 in California. He attended the University of Chicago. During his 1989 -1990 school year he was the editor-in-chief of The Chicago Maroon. After graduating in 1991, Scalzi took a job as the film critic for the Fresno Bee newspaper, eventually also becoming a mostra'n més humor columnist. In 1996 he was hired as the in-house writer and editor at America Online. When he was laid off in 1998, he decided to become a full-time freelance writer and author. His first published novel was Old Man's War. His other works include Agent to the Stars, The Ghosts Brigades, The Androids Team, The Sagan Diary, The Last Colony, and Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas. In 2014 his title, Locked In, made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Sèrie
Obres de John Scalzi
You're Not Fooling Anyone When You Take Your Laptop to a Coffee Shop: Scalzi on Writing (2007) 189 exemplars
Clash of the Geeks — Editor; Col·laborador — 56 exemplars
That Was the Millennium That Was 17 exemplars
Waiting for Athena 14 exemplars
Tordotcom: Chambers, Scalzi, Wagner 13 exemplars
Old Man's War Series: (Old Man's War, The Ghost Brigades, The Last Colony, Zoe's Tale, The Human… (2016) 13 exemplars
The Secret History of the Last Colony 11 exemplars
The High Castle 10 exemplars
When the Yogurt Took Over 9 exemplars
Alien Animal Encounters 8 exemplars
Interdependency Boxed Set: The Collapsing Empire, The Consuming Fire, The Last Emperox (The Interdependency) (2021) 7 exemplars
Pluto Tells All 7 exemplars
Regarding Your Application Status 6 exemplars
Denise Jones, Super Booker 5 exemplars
The Other Large Thing 4 exemplars
An Interview With the Nativity Innkeeper 3 exemplars
John Scalzi Collection 3 Books Set (The Collapsing Empire, The Consuming Fire, Head On) (2019) 3 exemplars
Extras 3 exemplars
Old Man's War Universe: Short Stories 2 exemplars
To Sue the World (short story) 2 exemplars
Suburban Excursion 2 exemplars
Sarah's Sister 2 exemplars
Jackie Jones and Melrose Mandy 2 exemplars
The Far Reaches: Stories to Take You Out of This World (Bks. 1-6) (2023) — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
The Statue 2 exemplars
Eternal 1 exemplars
A model Dog 1 exemplars
Urania 1610 - UOMINI IN ROSSO 1 exemplars
(Un) Lock In: The Lost Chapters 1 exemplars
Lock In (with bonus novella Unlocked) 1 exemplars
An Interview With Santa’s Lawyer 1 exemplars
Midnight rises 1 exemplars
John Scalzi Super eBook Bundle 1 exemplars
Penelope (poem) 1 exemplars
Cute Adorable Extortionists (short story) 1 exemplars
Important Holidays on Gronghu (short story) 1 exemplars
The AI Are Absolutely Positively Without a Doubt Not Here to End Humanity, Honest (short story) 1 exemplars
The State of Super Villany (short story) 1 exemplars
An Alternate “Life of the Mind” 1 exemplars
Short Stories and Other Writings 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The New Space Opera 2: All-New Stories of Science Fiction Adventure (2009) — Col·laborador — 320 exemplars
John Scalzi Is Not A Very Popular Author And I Myself Am Quite Popular: How SJWs Always Lie About Our Comparative… (2015) — Narrador, algunes edicions — 16 exemplars
The Paulandstormonomicon — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
MidAmeriCon II Souvenir Book — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Subterranean Magazine Summer 2008 — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Scalzi, John Michael, II
- Data de naixement
- 1969-05-10
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Fairfield, California, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Covina, California, USA
Glendora, California, USA
Claremont, California, USA
Fresno, California, USA
Bradford, Ohio, USA - Educació
- University of Chicago (BA|1991)
- Professions
- film critic
humor columnist
In-house writer/editor (America Online)
Professional blogger (America Online)
business consultant - Relacions
- Booth, John Wilkes (distantly related)
Blauser, Kristine Ann (wife) - Organitzacions
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA)
Fresno Bee
America Online - Premis i honors
- John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (2006)
Hugo Nominee (Fan Writer ∙ 2007)
Hugo (Fan Writer ∙ 2008)
Robert A Heinlein Award (2023) - Agent
- Ethan Ellenberg (Ethan Ellenberg Agency)
Bibi Lewis (Ethan Ellenberg Agency)
Joel Gotler (film/TV) - Biografia breu
- John Michael Scalzi II (born May 10, 1969) is an American science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He is best known for his Old Man's War series, three novels of which have been nominated for the Hugo Award, and for his blog Whatever, where he has written on a number of topics since 1998. He won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 2008 based predominantly on that blog, which he has also used for several charity drives. His novel Redshirts won the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel. He has written non-fiction books and columns on diverse topics such as finance, video games, films, astronomy, writing and politics, and served as a creative consultant for the TV series Stargate Universe.
Membres
Converses
OCTOBER READ - SPOILERS - Old Man's War a The Green Dragon (desembre 2014)
OCTOBER - NO SPOILERS - Old Man's War a The Green Dragon (setembre 2014)
Old Man's Warriors a Science Fiction Fans (maig 2013)
Chat about... Redshirts by John Scalzi a The SF&F Book Chat (febrer 2013)
Ressenyes
Llistes
Books Read in 2023 (12)
Books Read in 2022 (13)
Metafiction (1)
Books Read in 2018 (10)
Books Read in 2020 (10)
io9 Book Club (1)
Favorite Series (1)
Next in Series (1)
Urban Fiction (1)
Best First Lines (2)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 126
- També de
- 27
- Membres
- 53,955
- Popularitat
- #279
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 2,849
- ISBN
- 499
- Llengües
- 17
- Preferit
- 165
Aquest punt de partida poc original, permet a Scalzi fer un exercici de metaliteratura d'allò més interessant i que farà les delicies dels amants de la ciència-ficció... fins a la meitat del llibre.
En la segona meitat, i sobretot l'últim terç, l'argument perd tot l'interès. Els afegits finals tenen algun aspecte interessant, però quan arribes allà ja estàs tan cansat que tot sembla absurd i innecessari. Una llàstima...… (més)