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John Scalzi

Born May 10, 1969 (1969-05-10) (age 39)
Fairfield, California, United States
Occupation Writer
Writing period 1991–present
Genres Science fiction, Criticism, Humor
Subjects Finance, Astronomy, Writing
Influences
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John Michael Scalzi II (born May 10, 1969) is an author and online writer, best known for his Hugo Award-nominated science fiction novel Old Man's War, released by Tor Books in January 2005, and for his blog Whatever, at which he has written daily on a number of topics since 1998. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best Science fiction or Fantasy works and achievements of the previous year Old Man's War is a Science fiction Novel by John Scalzi published in 2005. Tor Books is one of two Imprints of Tom Doherty Associates LLC based in New York City A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of He has also written a number of non-fiction books. Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as Fact.

Contents

Biography

Scalzi was born in California and spent his childhood there, primarily in the Los Angeles suburbs of Covina, Glendora and Claremont. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Covina is a city in Los Angeles County, California about 22 miles (35 km east of downtown Los Angeles. Glendora is a municipality in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Claremont is a College town in eastern Los Angeles County, California, USA, about 30 miles (45 km east of downtown Los Angeles Scalzi went to high school with noted blogger Josh Marshall; both were members of the class of 1987. Joshua Micah Marshall (born February 15, 1969 in St Louis Missouri) is an American Polk Award -winning journalist who founded Talking After his stint at The Webb Schools of California, Scalzi attended The University of Chicago, where he was a classmate of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Auburn. The Webb Schools is the collective name for two Private schools for grades 9-12 founded by Thompson Webb, located in Claremont California. The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, David Auburn (born 1969 is an American Playwright. He was born in Chicago, and raised in Ohio and Arkansas. Scalzi's thesis advisor, for a brief time, was Saul Bellow. Saul Bellow, born Solomon Bellows ( June 10, 1915 – April 5, 2005) was an acclaimed Canadian -born American Scalzi abandoned his course of study with Bellow when he became Student Ombudsman for the University. An ombudsman ( English plural conventionally ombudsmen) is an official usually (but not always appointed by the government or by parliament who is charged with During his 1989–1990 school year Scalzi was also the editor-in-chief of The Chicago Maroon. The Chicago Maroon the independent student Newspaper of the University of Chicago since 1902 is a twice-weekly publication with a circulation of 7500

After graduating in 1991, Scalzi took a job as the film critic for the Fresno Bee newspaper, eventually also becoming a humor columnist. The Fresno Bee is the daily Newspaper serving Fresno California and surrounding counties in that U In 1996 he was hired as the in-house writer and editor at America Online. Since 1998 he has been a full-time freelance writer and author. Currently, Scalzi lives in Ohio with his wife, Krissy, and their daughter, Athena. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads

Scalzi is distantly related to John Wilkes Booth. Abraham Lincoln assassination John Wilkes Booth (May 10 1838 – April 26 1865 was an American stage actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the [1]

On 15 March 2007, Scalzi announced himself as a write-in candidate for president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, citing disagreement with the only ballot-listed candidate's vision for the future of the organization. March 2007 is the third month of the year It began on a Thursday, and ended 31 days later on a Saturday. A write-in candidate is a candidate in an Election whose name does not appear on the Ballot, but for whom voters may Vote nonetheless by writing in the Science Fiction Writers of America, or SFWA (ˈsɪfwə or /ˈsɛfwə/ was founded in 1965 by Damon Knight. [2] He was not elected. [3]

Career

Fiction

Scalzi's first published novel was Old Man's War, in which 75-year-old citizens of Earth are recruited to join the defense forces of human colonies in space. Old Man's War is a Science fiction Novel by John Scalzi published in 2005. Scalzi noted the book's similarities to Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers by thanking Heinlein in the acknowledgments of the book. Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7 1907 – May 8 1988 was an American Novelist and Science fiction Writer. Starship Troopers is a Science fiction Novel by Robert A Heinlein, first published (in abridged form as a serial in The Magazine Old Man's War came to publication after debuting online: Scalzi serialized the book on his web site in December 2002, which resulted in an offer for the book by Tor Books Senior Editor Patrick Nielsen Hayden. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Patrick James Nielsen Hayden (born Patrick James Hayden January 2, 1959 in Lansing Michigan) often abbreviated as PNH, is an American The hardcover edition of the book was published in January, 2005. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Old Man's War was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in March 2006. Winners of the Hugo Award for best science fiction or fantasy Novel, along with all the nominees are presented here

Scalzi's second published novel was Agent to the Stars. Agent to the Stars is an 1997 online novel by John Scalzi. It is also available in a hardback version from 2005 This novel was actually written prior to Old Man's War (it was written in 1997), and was placed online in 1999 as a "shareware novel" by Scalzi, who encouraged readers to send him a dollar if they liked the story (he re-released the book as "freeware" in 2004). Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The term shareware, popularized by Bob Wallace, refers to Copyrighted commercial Software that is Distributed without payment on a trial Freeware is computer Software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The novel became available as a signed, limited-edition hardcover from Subterranean Press in July 2005, and featured cover art from popular Penny Arcade artist Mike Krahulik. Subterranean Press is a Small press publisher in Michigan. Subterranean is best known for publishing genre fiction primarily horror, Suspense Penny Arcade is a Webcomic written by Jerry Holkins and illustrated by Mike Krahulik. Mike Krahulik (born September 25 1977) is the artist who draws the popular Webcomic Penny Arcade.

In February 2006, The Ghost Brigades, the sequel to Old Man's War, was released. The Ghost Brigades is the second book by John Scalzi set in the Old Man's War universe Another science fiction novel, The Android's Dream, was released on October 31, 2006. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

In August 2006, Scalzi was awarded the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer for best new science fiction writer of 2005. This page describes the award for best new science fiction writer for other awards see Campbell Award (disambiguation. [4]

The third novel set in the Old Man's War universe, The Last Colony, was released in April 2007. The Last Colony is the third book by John Scalzi set in the Old Man's War universe The year 2007 in literature involves some significant new books It was nominated for the Best Novel Hugo award in March, 2008. There is also a novelette set in that universe, called "The Sagan Diary".

The fourth Old Man's War novel, a standalone book called Zoe's Tale, was announced in September 2007 [5] after Tor's art director posted the cover art to her blog. [6]

Non-fiction

While Scalzi is best known for his fiction, he has written several non-fiction books as well, including a trio for London publisher Rough Guides' reference line of books. The first of these was The Rough Guide to Money Online, released in late October of 2000. This reference book featured tips on using online financial tools. According to Scalzi, it did less-than-expected business, possibly due to the collapse of the Internet bubble at about the same time the book was released. The " dot-com bubble " (or sometimes the " IT bubble " was a speculative bubble covering roughly 1995–2001 (with a climax on March 10 Scalzi's next non-fiction book was The Rough Guide to the Universe, an astronomy book designed for novice-to-intermediate stargazers, released in May of 2003. Scalzi's third book for Rough Guides, The Rough Guide to Sci-Fi Movies, was released in October of 2005. This book covered the history of science fiction and science fiction film, and listed a "canon" of 50 significant science fiction films.

Scalzi is also the author of the "Book of the Dumb" series of books from Portable Press. These books chronicle people doing stupid things. The first book in the series was released in October 2003 with a second following a year later.

Online and other writing

John Scalzi is known to amuse himself by altering photos of his own likeness. (uploaded by John Scalzi)
John Scalzi is known to amuse himself by altering photos of his own likeness. (uploaded by John Scalzi)

Scalzi registered the domain name Scalzi. com in 1998 and in that year also began writing the "Whatever," a more-or-less daily blog. The name suggests the wide range of topics Scalzi writes about there, although many of Scalzi's more memorable postings center on the topics of politics and writing. While Scalzi maintains he started Whatever to keep in practice for "pro" writing, a number of writings originally posted there have gone on to be published in traditional media, including his "I Hate Your Politics" and "Being Poor" entries, the latter of which was published in the op-ed pages of the Chicago Tribune in September of 2005. The Chicago Tribune is a major daily Newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and owned by the Tribune Company In November 2005, Scalzi announced that entries from the run of the Whatever would be compiled into a book from Subterranean Press. The book, You're Not Fooling Anyone When You Take Your Laptop to a Coffee Shop: Scalzi on Writing; was released by Subterranean Press in February 2007.

Scalzi also used the Whatever as a way to solicit fiction and non-fiction submissions on the theme of Science Fiction Clichés in 2005 for issue #4 of Subterranean Magazine, which he guest edited (published in 2006 by Subterranean Press). The original solicitation was posted in March, 2005 with the unique requirements that submissions would only be accepted electronically in plain text, and ONLY during the period between 10/1/05 and 11/1/05 instead of before a traditional deadline. After the print run sold out, the issue was made available online as a free download. [7]

In September, 2006, Scalzi created a brief internet sensation[8] when he taped bacon to his cat.

On March 29, 2007, it was announced that Scalzi had again been nominated for a Hugo Award, this time in the category "Best Fan Writer", for his online writing about the science fiction field. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King The year 2007 in literature involves some significant new books [9] He is the first Campbell Award winner to receive a nomination in this category. In 2008, he was again nominated for the Best Fan Writer Hugo, becoming the first person to be nominated for that category and the Best Novel Hugo award at the same time since 1970.

In addition to his personal site, Scalzi was a professional blogger for America Online's AOL Journals and AIM Blogs service from August 2003 through December 2007. In this role he created participatory entries (most notably the Weekend Assignment and Monday Photo Shoot), answered questions about blogging from AOL members, and posted interesting links for readers. Readers of both Scalzi's personal site and his AOL Journal "By the Way" noted distinct differences in tone at each site. Scalzi has acknowledged this tonal difference, based on the different missions of each site. Scalzi also blogged professionally for AOL's Ficlets site beginning in March 2007, writing about literature and other related topics. On December 7, 2007, Scalzi announced that by mutual agreement, his contract with AOL would not be renewed at the end of the year, in part so that he would have more time to devote to writing books. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [10]

For traditional media, Scalzi wrote a DVD review column and an opinion column for the Official US Playstation Magazine from 2000 through 2006, wrote an additional DVD review column for the Dayton Daily News through 2006, and writes for other magazines and newspapers on an occasional basis. Official US PlayStation Magazine (often abbreviated to OPM) is a now-defunct international Video game magazine, originally published by The Dayton Daily News ( DDN) is a daily Newspaper published in Dayton Ohio. He also works as a consultant for businesses, primarily in the online and financial fields.

Bibliography

Novels

Short fiction

Non-fiction

Editor

Upcoming books

Nomenclature

The name of the main character from Old Man's War, John Perry, comes from the first name of the keyboardist of Journey, and the last name of the vocalist. PortalCurrent events News collections and sources See WikipediaNews collections and sources. February 2007 is the second month of the year It began on a Thursday and 28 days later ended on a Wednesday. Subterranean Magazine is an American fantasy, horror and Science fiction magazine which publishes short fiction February 2007 is the second month of the year It began on a Thursday and 28 days later ended on a Wednesday. Subterranean Magazine is an American fantasy, horror and Science fiction magazine which publishes short fiction May 2007 is the fifth month of that year It began on a Tuesday and 31 days later ended on a Thursday. October 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - Rough Guides Ltd is a Guidebook and Reference publisher owned by Pearson PLC. May 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - November 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - November 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September PortalCurrent events News collections and sources See WikipediaNews collections and sources. Subterranean Press is a Small press publisher in Michigan. Subterranean is best known for publishing genre fiction primarily horror, Suspense Subterranean Press is a Small press publisher in Michigan. Subterranean is best known for publishing genre fiction primarily horror, Suspense Journey is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1973 Similarly, the character Steve Cain has the first name of the vocalist and the last name of the keyboardist. There are also characters whose names are based on Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean. Neil Richard Gaiman (ˈgeɪmən (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of Science fiction and Fantasy short stories and David Tench McKean (born 29 December 1963 in Maidenhead, Berkshire) is an English Illustrator, Photographer, [4]

References

  1. ^ "The Family Assassin", post on Scalzi's blog "Whatever", May 17, 2005
  2. ^ "SFWA President: I'm a Write-In Candidate", post on Scalzi's blog "Whatever", May 17, 2005
  3. ^ SFWA Officer Election Results, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America website, posted May 12, 2007
  4. ^ John W. Campbell Best New Writer Award Eligibility & Author Profiles, Writertopia. com
  5. ^ Zoe's Tale: Yes, It's True
  6. ^ Two New Covers from John Harris
  7. ^ Subterranean #4, 2006
  8. ^ Whatever: A Lesson on Teh Intarweebs
  9. ^ Hugo nominees, Nippon 2007 site
  10. ^ An Important Announcement. By the Way, 12/7/07
  11. ^ Scalzi's compilation "Your Hate Mail Will be Graded" delayed to 2008, SFScope

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