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Wait, don't I recognize that name? Wait a second... This is THE John Scalzi? When I was a kid I pulled a paperback off of my dad's bookshelf, Old Man's War. Gre

by acyou 2y ago

Wait, don't I recognize that name? Wait a second... This is THE John Scalzi? When I was a kid I pulled a paperback off of my dad's bookshelf, Old Man's War. Great, take your brain out trashy sci fi, and I mean that in the most positive way possible, it left a big impression on me. Incredible writer, cool that he is still around and has a blog.

fishywang 2y ago
He is also one of the authors that (almost) all his eBooks sold on Google Play are without DRM.
anyfoo 2y ago
He's not only still around, he still writes awesome books. But yeah, I too was reading without noticing, until I came to the sentence "None of the Scalzis are particularly religious", and thought "wait, Scalzi like John Scalzi? It's not... It is?!"
- colechristensen 2y ago
  Another old man’s war series book is going to be released this year
  - colechristensen 2y ago
    on 9/16 "The Shattering Peace" https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765389190/theshatteringpeace/ https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765389190/theshatteringpe...
snibsnib 2y ago
Oh wow, i never would have made the connection. 'Lock In' was one of my favorite books growing up.
jwr 2y ago
Yes, that's the guy and he has written a lot of good sci-fi since then. He's pretty active on Mastodon too.
notatoad 2y ago
>take your brain out trashy sci fi, and I mean that in the most positive way possible that's the guy. he's got a new book coming out this month, and is a fun follow on social media too (now on bluesky). i feel like he would be flattered by your description.
- Thoreandan 2y ago
  Seconded - https://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com https://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com is one of the more interesting feeds on the site.
ubermonkey 2y ago
You're in for a treat if you haven't read him since OMW. He's one of the more prolific "popular SF" writers around, has won a ton of awards, and usually has a book out about every year or so.
- loeg 2y ago
  The Collapsing Empire series is particularly good.
  - wnoise 2y ago
    Though the Deus Ex Machina is indeed a Deus Ex Machina, even when signposted.
dmd 2y ago
> When I was a kid [...] Old Man's War Well, THAT just made me feel like an old man.
- heliostatic 2y ago
  Same -- I still think of Scalzi as a new(ish) SF writer since he started publishing after I was an adult SF reader. Woof, time marches on!
thenewwazoo 2y ago
Yep, MetaFilter’s own jscalzi

by acyou 2y ago

fishywang 2y ago

He is also one of the authors that (almost) all his eBooks sold on Google Play are without DRM.

anyfoo 2y ago

He's not only still around, he still writes awesome books. But yeah, I too was reading without noticing, until I came to the sentence "None of the Scalzis are particularly religious", and thought "wait, Scalzi like John Scalzi? It's not... It is?!"

colechristensen 2y ago
Another old man’s war series book is going to be released this year
- colechristensen 2y ago
  on 9/16 "The Shattering Peace" https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765389190/theshatteringpeace/ https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765389190/theshatteringpe...

snibsnib 2y ago

Oh wow, i never would have made the connection. 'Lock In' was one of my favorite books growing up.

jwr 2y ago

Yes, that's the guy and he has written a lot of good sci-fi since then. He's pretty active on Mastodon too.

notatoad 2y ago

>take your brain out trashy sci fi, and I mean that in the most positive way possible that's the guy. he's got a new book coming out this month, and is a fun follow on social media too (now on bluesky). i feel like he would be flattered by your description.

Thoreandan 2y ago
Seconded - https://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com https://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com is one of the more interesting feeds on the site.

ubermonkey 2y ago

You're in for a treat if you haven't read him since OMW. He's one of the more prolific "popular SF" writers around, has won a ton of awards, and usually has a book out about every year or so.

loeg 2y ago
The Collapsing Empire series is particularly good.
- wnoise 2y ago
  Though the Deus Ex Machina is indeed a Deus Ex Machina, even when signposted.

dmd 2y ago

> When I was a kid [...] Old Man's War Well, THAT just made me feel like an old man.

heliostatic 2y ago
Same -- I still think of Scalzi as a new(ish) SF writer since he started publishing after I was an adult SF reader. Woof, time marches on!

thenewwazoo 2y ago

Yep, MetaFilter’s own jscalzi