John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War Helmed by Wolfgang Petersen?
Wolfgang Peterson is taking old men to war, according to Deadline. Paramount has gotten their hands on the screen rights to the John Scalzi sci-fi novel series, Old Man’s War. David Self will be adapting the story for the project that Peterson is directing, as well as co-producing with Scott Stuber. The story synopsis according [...]
Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded by John Scalzi – review
John Scalzi is perhaps best known as the author of the SF novels Old Man’s War, The Ghost Brigades, The Android’s Dream, The Last Colony, and Zoe’s Tale, but he is also the creator and author of an ongoing web site called Whatever, the books The Rough Guides to Science Fiction and Space, and a [...]
TOC Video: Where Do You Go With 40,000 Readers?
Earlier this year I was following Pablo Defendini’s (of Tor.com) and Tobias Buckell’s twitter feed as they were reporting their attendance at TOC (Tools of Change conference). Part of that was Where Do You Go With 40,000 Readers? and featured John Scalzi and the aforementioned Buckell, along with Patrick Nielsen Hayden of Tor.
Now, the 40-minute extravaganza is online. Check it after the jump . . .
Book Review – Agent to the Stars
With the basic premise of the novel being that an alien race has hired a Hollywood agent for representation and to properly introduce them to humanity, a suspension of disbelief is immediately necessary. One could easily nit-pick this novel and its details to death . . .
News – John Scalzi Consulting on Stargate Universe
John Scalzi just posted that he will be a creative consultant on the forthcoming Stargate: Universe television series. Very cool news! I can’t say that I have ever been able to get involved with anything Stargate beyond the film (1994 – and I wouldn’t call that involved) but that probably speaks on the fact that [...]
Book Review – Zoe’s Tale
Author: John Scalzi Cover Artist: John Harris Publisher: Tor Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: August 2008 In Zoë’s Tale John Scalzi changes stride – this stand-alone novel set in the Old Man’s War universe is told entirely from the perspective of a 17-year old girl, intentionally being accessible to both adults and a young-adult audience. Zoë’s [...]
Book Review – The Last Colony
Author: John Scalzi Cover Artist: John Harris Publisher: Tor Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: April 2007 Scalzi writes consistently fun, easy-reading, adventurous, military science fiction and The Last Colony is no exception. If you’ve read and enjoyed his other novels, chances are good you’ll like this one. I dare you to put the novel aside in [...]
Contest- win John Scalzi’s The Last Colony
John Scalzi’s The Last Colony (April/May 07). John kicks off his first national tour on April 24th, and it’s an exciting launch for us. He’s last year’s John W. Campbell Award winner for Best New Writer and this year’s Hugo nominee for Best Fan Writer. Last Colony is the final installment in the Old Man’s [...]
Book Review – Old Man’s War
Author: John Scalzi Cover Artist: Donato Giancola Publisher: Tor Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 2005 When reading Old Man’s War by John Scalzi it’s easy to see why it was a Hugo Award finalist and why it didn’t win. Ultimately Old Man’s War does not cover new ground; it’s not shocking or profound; however, it is [...]
Book Review – The Android’s Dream
Author: John Scalzi Publisher: Tor Binding: Paperback Publication Date: November, 2006 The first paragraph of John Scalzi’s The Android’s Dream offers an idea of what’s to come. “Dirk Moeller didn’t know if he could fart his way into a major diplomatic incident. But he was ready to find out.” This line reveals and conceals much [...]
Book Review – Agent to the Stars
Author: John Scalzi Cover Artist: Mike Krahulik Publisher: Subterranean Press Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: August 2005 In John Scalzi’s Agent to the Stars, his first novel, which is still available to be read online for free, aliens have decided to visit Earth. Unfortunately, they are not too easy on the eyes (or the nostrils for [...]
