John Scalzi
John Scalzi
John Michael Scalzi IIis an American science fiction author, online writer, 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, at which he has written frequently 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth10 May 1969
CountryUnited States of America
I can describe to you the taste of government cheese.
As a reader, I have a very short attention span and a low tolerance for boredom, and I find that comes in handy with my writing. If I get bored writing something, I pity the people who will then try to read it.
The more I want a book to be done, the faster I type because I just want to get it out.
I grew up in southern California in the 80s. Yes, I am a walking cliche.
I will not let my sales figures dictate what I say on the blog, because the blog is what I want to say.
I do think people of good will can have different opinions but still be coming not from a place of malice.
Do what you need to do and enjoy life as it happens.
Reddit is not a public utility or a public square; its a privately owned space on the Internet.
The story of how I left Huckleberry begins -- as do all worthy stories -- with a goat
There's a difference between the fact that the universe is inherently unfair on a cosmic level, and the fact that life is unfair because people are actively making it so.
Never anger a sci-fi writer. These people destroy entire planets over lunch. Imagine what they'll do to you.
In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug," Cassaway said, dryly.
Star Wars is not entertainment. Star Wars is George Lucas masturbating to a picture of Joseph Campbell and conning billions of people into watching the money shot.
I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife's grave. Then I joined the army.