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Rate John Scalzi - Ten Directors Who Really Need to Make a SciFi Movie

Original at blogs.amctv.com external link    Wed, Nov 4

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By John Scalzi Directors like Spike Jonze and Quentin Tarantino may have come close to directing scifi, but they rank among people like Martin Scorsese and Michael Mann who should be working in the genre. Last week I was noting the uphill climb scifi will have in winning the "Best Picture" Academy Award,...

Rate John Scalzi Answers the Burning Question - Can SciFI Movies Be Cool?

Original at blogs.amctv.com external link    Wed, Oct 21

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By John Scalzi While science fiction is typically un-cool, a few movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Matrix were in the right place at the right time to connect with American culture as a whole. An interesting question from the mailbag: Hey, Scalzi: Was science fiction ever cool?"

Rate John Scalzi - Three Cheers for Chewbacca, SciFi's Ultimate Sidekick

Original at blogs.amctv.com external link    Wed, Oct 14

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By John Scalzi Louise's choice of the "sidekick meeting" assignment was also prescient, because as it happens I've spent the last few days thinking about sidekicks in movies -- particularly in science fiction -- and what qualities make for a perfect scifi sidekick. After careful consideration, I hav...

Rate Me > Neil Gaiman?

Original at joesherry (Blogspot) external link    Wed, Oct 14

By jsherry@gmail.com (Joe Sherry) Thanks to John Scalzi I spent some time looking through the new technorati rankings for books because, like everybody else, I want to see where I was ranked. I’m more popular than Neil! We may live in the same state, but victory is mine! No longer will the talk be about Prince and Neil Gaiman, n...

Year 2009

 

Rate Oscar Bait, Low-Budget SciFi and 3D Longevity - It's the Return of John Scalzi's Mailbag!

Original at blogs.amctv.com external link    Wed, Sep 23

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By John Scalzi This year the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences announced it was doubling the number of nominees for the Best Picture Oscar. Does this mean a science fiction movie might actually have a chance this year? It's funny; I think one of the reasons that the Academy is doubling up on nomin...

Rate At the Helm of the Enterprise - John Scalzi Ranks Star Trek's Directors

Original at blogs.amctv.com external link    Wed, Sep 9

By John Scalzi J.J. Abrams InterviewLearn about the new movie from the directorDamon Lindelof InterviewThe movie's executive producer explains why Trek needed a rebootSimon Pegg InterviewLearn about the new Scotty, actor Simon PeggUltimate Fan QuizTest your Trek trivia with questions from the mo...

Rate Thoughts on 2009 Hugo Nominees: John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

Original at joesherry (Blogspot) external link    Tue, Jul 21

By jsherry@gmail.com (Joe Sherry) Felix Gilman is the author of two novels: Thunderer and Gears of the City. Gord Sellar is a Canadian science fiction writer currently living and teaching in a suburb of Seoul, South Korea. His fiction has been published in Apex Online, Interzone, Asimov’s, Fantasy Magazine, and Nature.

Rate John Scalzi Rates SciFi Movies by Their EXPLOSIONS!

Original at blogs.amctv.com external link    Wed, Jul 1

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By John Scalzi Celebrate Independence Day with John Scalzi, who's compiled a list of scifi movies, such as Star Wars and Alien, that contain the Biggest Damn Explosions this side of Alderaan. This Saturday, it's July 4, when America celebrates its independence from Britain by blowing things up real go...

Rate John Scalzi - Relax. Transformers Is Not the End of Cinema as We Know It

Original at blogs.amctv.com external link    Wed, Jun 24

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By John Scalzi Second question first: Sure, it's science fiction. It's got giant robots from space. We put robots into space, but giant robots from space? That's not something you see in the real world, much less giant robots from space who can fold themselves into GM products. Thus: science fiction. I thin...

Rate 10 author blogs to follow

Original at Examiner.com external link    Wed, Jun 17

John Scalzi - Book updates, inflammatory comments, and tons of pictures (especially of cats). Don't miss out on the fun and controversial articles Scalzi posts. Patrick Rothfuss - Rothfuss, author of critically acclaimed The Name of the Wind, ...

Rate Tor offers free short stories, comics and art

Original at Examiner.com external link    Wed, Jun 10

Tor, one of the largest publishers of science fiction, fantasy and horror, has a large collection of short stories and art available for free on its website. Available stories are provided by authors such as Elizabeth Bear, John Scalzi, ...

Rate Literary Tweets: 100+ of the Best Authors on Twitter

Original at Mashable! external link    Fri, May 8

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 CA A sample tweet: @scalzi - John Scalzi is the author of eight novels, including “Old Man's War,” “The Last Colony,” and “Agent to the Stars.” He's also written a variety of short fiction and a number of nonfiction books, including “The Rough Guide to ...

Rate Book Review: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi

Original at Book News and Reviews external link    Sat, Apr 25

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By Julia Author: John Scalzi Book: Old Man’s War Genre: Sci Fi Julia Rating: 10 Comments: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi is a well written Sci Fi adventure that made me look at old people from a new angle. The idea behind it is, if you are old (75 years to be exact), what would you do to be young [...]

Rate John Scalzi - A Case Study in Vanity, Courtesy of Battlefield Earth

Original at blogs.amctv.com external link    Wed, Apr 15

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By John Scalzi Filmmakers in pursuit of pet projects can be dangerous. While some, like Mel Gibson, can turn their Passion into success, others like John Travolta use it to create the worst scifi movie ever. "Hey," a friend said to me last week, "you know something about science fiction movies."

Rate Book Review:Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi

Original at Blogger News Network external link    Tue, Mar 31

I thoroughly enjoyed it. Even if you’re not a science fiction fan, I think you will enjoy it too. Let Others Know About This Post These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

Rate Opinion: 2009 Hugo Award Nominees

Original at joesherry (Blogspot) external link    Thu, Mar 19

By jsherry@gmail.com (Joe Sherry) Best Novel Anathem, by Neal Stephenson The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow Saturn's Children, by Charles Stross Zoe's Tale, by John Scalzi Best Editor, Long Form Lou Anders Ginjer Buchanan David G. Hartwell Beth Meacham Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Rate My New Twitter Flock

Original at Wall Street Journal external link    Fri, Mar 13

I reached out to a college friend and accomplished Twitterer, John Scalzi, for some advice. Mr. Scalzi, a best-selling author of science-fiction books including "Old Man's War," has 3380 followers and follows only one person, the friend who invited him ...

Rate Those Wacky Kids and Their 'Watchmen' Humor

Original at Cinematical external link    Thu, Mar 12

 CA Over on his personal blog, sci-fi writer John Scalzi shared this photo of a Seattle theater's ever-so-slightly spoilerish marquee (see above). You can't have a movie event with a high profile like Watchmen without a lot of fans making with the funny. ...

Rate John Henry was an Audiobook-Readin’ Man

Original at Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies external link    Sat, Feb 28

 CT Not surprisingly, authors who have more willingly entered the 21st century, such as Cory Doctorow, John Scalzi, Neil Gaiman, and Wil Wheaton, have attacked Blount’s argument with gusto. Wil even provides an amusing side-by-side audio comparison (MP3) ...

Rate Novelist John Scalzi Expands "Big Idea" Feature into New Literary ...

Original at mediabistro.com external link    Wed, Feb 11

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 NY Novelists John Scalzi and Tobias Buckell joined Tor Books editor Patrick Nielsen Hayden, contributing their ideas about how to interact with readers online. The other panelists had practical advice. Buckell urged writers to avoid the "first impulse to ...

Rate John Scalzi - Passing Judgment on Indiana Jones and Other Pseudo-SciFi Movies

Original at blogs.amctv.com external link    Thu, Jan 8

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By John Scalzi Winner of the Hugo Award and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, John Scalzi is the author of The Rough Guide to Sci-Fi Movies and the novels Old Man's War and Zoe's Tale. He's also the editor of METAtropolis, an audiobook anthology on Audible.com. His column appears every Thursday.

Rate Book Review: Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi

Original at Blogger News Network external link    Mon, Jan 5

 - Jan 5, 2009 might arise when dealing with a sentient non-human race. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Even if you’re not a science fiction fan, I think you will enjoy it too.

Rate Podcast: Requiem for Ficlets.com

Original at TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home external link    Sat, Jan 3

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By Chris Meadows And there were so many ficlets that many of them went without getting responses entirely. The problem was exacerbated by the way ficlets tended to get pushed off the front page by more ficlets, but paradoxically the ficleting community may just not have been large enough to support all pos...

Rate Book Review: Agent To The Stars, by John Scalzi

Original at Blogger News Network external link    Thu, Dec 18

 - Dec 18, 2008 Even if you’re not a science fiction fan, I think you will enjoy it too. You can find your own copy of Agent to the stars at Amazon. ...

Rate Authors, Fans Rally Around Sci-Fi Publisher.

Original at Firefox News external link    Wed, Dec 10

 AZ - Dec 10, 2008 An additional effort was launched by author John Scalzi, who posted a short story online for free. Readers are encouraged to donate to the fund if they like ...

Rate The Last Colony

Original at wiredal (WordPress) external link    Wed, Dec 3

By P. A. Monteiro PS: I wrote this review a while back but I don’t know why it’s taken this long to be published. Sometimes even blogs have slow turnaround times.        The Last Colony (TLC) is John Scalzi’s third book of the Old Man’s War series. I believe that this book was supposed to be it for the series, for a w...

Rate Hyper-Local Bookstore and Author Coordination

Original at mediabistro.com external link    Fri, Nov 14

 NY - Nov 14, 2008 To that end, science fiction author John Scalzi and Jay and Mary's Book Center hit on an innovative, simple way to sell some books. ...

Rate Hyper-Local Bookstore and Author Coordination

Original at mediabistro.com external link    Fri, Nov 14

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As gloomy sales predictions mount, booksellers and authors are fighting to save the holiday season. To that end, science fiction author John Scalzi and Jay and Mary's Book Center hit on an innovative, simple way to sell some books. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media

Rate John Scalzi - Do Science Fiction Movies Still Need Theaters?

Original at blogs.amctv.com external link    Wed, Nov 12

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By John Scalzi Given what the studios do to keep bringing us to the show, you would think that the main advantage that movie theaters have over home viewing is technological, but this is not entirely true. Chances are you don't have an IMAX theater in your house (and if you do, I'm offended you haven't invit...

Rate Worlds Beyond: Gimme that old-time science fiction

Original at Contra Costa Times external link    Sun, Nov 2

 CA - Nov 2, 2008 At the top of that list for me is John Scalzi, who has a new book out ("Zoe's Tale," Tor, $24.95, 336 pages) that brings a different narrator to some of the ...

Rate Who's Getting Your Vote?

Original at Reason Online external link    Wed, Oct 29

Bush out of consideration, what former US president would you most like to have waterboarded? Dude, waterboarding is so 2006. John Scalzi is a science fiction author whose most recent novel, Zoe’s Tale, was published in August. ...

Rate Audible Announces 'METAtropolis,' an Innovative Collaboration by Award-Winning Sci-Fi Authors

Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung) external link    Tue, Oct 21

PR-inside.com) - Audible.com James Pearson, 973-820-0474 jpearson@audible.com The leading provider of premium digital spoken-audio information and entertainment, Audible Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (Nasdaq: AMZN), today announced the publication of 'METAtropolis,' an o...

Rate John Scalzi - The Science Fiction B-Movie Hall of Fame: Submit Your Nominations!

Original at blogs.amctv.com external link    Fri, Oct 17

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By John Scalzi Not all B-movies are created equal: Every once in a while, you'll find a B-movie that's actually really good. And those are the ones John Scalzi wants to hear about. The great movies of science fiction: The movies that changed the genre -- changed film history -- and may have even had a signifi...

Rate John Scalzi - Do "American" Science Fiction Movies Actually Exist?

Original at blogs.amctv.com external link    Mon, Oct 13

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By John Scalzi Those are my nominations for "American" science fiction films, as opposed to Hollywood science fiction films. Winner of the Hugo Award and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, John Scalzi is the author of The Rough Guide to Sci-Fi Movies and the novels Old Man's War and Zoe's Tale. H...

Rate John Scalzi - Old Man's War (Book Review)

Original at sf-fantasy-books (Blogspot) external link    Mon, Oct 13

By ThRiNiDiR(noreply@blogger.com) Old Man's War" (Amazon: UK, USA) by John Scalzi Format: Paperback, 320 pages Publisher: TOR Books Then Maggie turned, faced the planet that would kill her, and like the good professor of Eastern religions that she used to be, she composed jisei, the death poem, in the haiku form.

Rate Opinion: Old Man's War

Original at Books by John Scalzi external link    Mon, Oct 13

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By John Scalzi Awards, etc: Nominee, Hugo Award for Best Novel, 2006; Finalist, 2006 Locus Award for Best First Novel; Featured selection, The Science Fiction Book Club (Winter 2005); Featured selection, Barnes & Noble Explorations (December 2005); A "Sci Fi Essential" book (January 2006)

Rate The Ghost Brigades

Original at wiredal (WordPress) external link    Wed, Oct 8

By P. A. Monteiro And, all this while I’m not a big science fiction reader, so what does that tell you about the books?        The Ghost Brigades (TGB) is the second book in the Old Man’s War (OMW) series by John Scalzi. Now this book was released a gazillion years ago, but I got it only recently along with two oth...

Rate The Big Questions

Original at Baltimore City Paper external link    Wed, Sep 24

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 MD - Sep 24, 2008 Especially when you compare the sales of YA to those of science fiction and fantasy (SF/F for short), which best-selling SF writer John Scalzi did in May ...

Rate Opinion: Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi

Original at Neth Space external link    Sat, Aug 16

By Neth(noreply@blogger.com) I posted my review of Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi (US, UK, Canada) over at FantasyBookSpot. I have to say that this one is Scalzi's best book yet and I really enjoyed it. Hopefully I'll be getting a Questions Five interview within him soon. Review excerpt:

Rate Opinion: John Scalzi Answers Questions Five

Original at Neth Space external link    Fri, Aug 15

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By noreply@blogger.com (Neth) John Scalzi has quickly risen to become one of the most popular science fiction writers out there right now. This has lead to nomination for several high-profile awards, including wins for the John C. Campbell Award and most recently, the Hugo for Best Fan Writer – he missed winning Best Nov...

Rate Opinion: Zoë’s Tale by John Scalzi

Original at Rob's Blog o' Stuff external link    Tue, Aug 12

By RobB Last night I posted my review of John Scalzi’s latest effort, Zoe’s Tale. At this point, I’ll also congratulate John on winning the Hugo Award for best Fan Writer – his Whatever is a daily destination for me and countless (although John ...

Rate Opinion: Favorite Author - John Scalzi

Original at We Read Science Fiction external link    Mon, Jul 28

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By Cam “Maybe,” Schmidt said. “Once or repeatedly?” Harry asked. “I think that would depend on your definition,” Schmidt said. “Of ‘once’?” Harry asked. “Of ‘punched,’ actually,” Schmidt said. “Well, let me give you some context,” Schmidt said. “Please do,” Harry said.

Rate SciFi Surplus Podcast #042 Council

Original at SciFi Surplus external link    Tue, May 20

By Casey Topics: Speedracer, Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible, Atlantis, Cloverfield, Fashion On the show: Casey Vince Stephanie Jeromy John Casey: The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi Vince: Speedracer Talk Casey: SciFi Finder Application Casey: SFS Beta Dollhouse Trailer Updated Source Whedon’s “D...

Rate SciFi Surplus Podcast #024 Council

Original at SciFi Surplus external link    Thu, Mar 20

By Casey The Council of Great Relevance. Topics this week: Harry Potter Movies, Religion in Speculative Fiction, “Old Man’s War” by John Scalzi, Superman Movies, Farscape Webisodes. This weeks Council Members: Casey, Vince, Jenica, Mark, Randy, Jeromy If you would like participate in the Coun...

Rate SciFi Surplus Podcast #022

Original at SciFi Surplus external link    Sun, Mar 9

By Casey Interview: Christiana Ellis (Space Casey). Topics: Smallville, Supernatural, Star Trek, Jericho, American Film Institute, “Old Man’s War,” John Scalzi Thank you for taking time to listen to us. This is show number 22 and it’s a doosie. We’ve got a special guest today and one of the funnest...

Rate SciFi Surplus Podcast #020

Original at SciFi Surplus external link    Sun, Feb 24

By Casey Interview: Mur Lafferty - Topics: Kristin Kreuk, Saturn Awards, Blu-Ray, Akira, TOR, Old Man’s War, John Scalzi Thank you for joining us for show number 20. We’re going to be talking with New Media pioneer and sci-fi writer, Mur Lafferty. In the news is the Saturn Awards, Blu-Ray, Akira, Kr...

Year 2007

 

Rate Podcast: Audio from science Fiction panel with Cory, Kage Baker, John Scalzi, Harry Turtledove

Original at Boing Boing external link    Sun, May 20

By Cory Doctorow Cory Doctorow: On April 28, I did a panel at the LA Times Festival of Books with Kage Baker, John Scalzi and Harry Turtledove, called "Science Fiction: The Road From Here to There." The LA Times just provided us with the audio for this panel on CD and I've secured the permission of my co-paneli...

Rate Audio from science Fiction panel with Cory, Kage Baker, John Scalzi, Harry Turtledove

Original at addict3d.org external link    Sun, May 20

Rate Podcast: Audio from LA Times panel

Original at Cory Doctorow's craphound.com external link    Sun, May 20

By Cory Doctorow MP3 Link On April 28, I did a panel at the LA Times Festival of Books with Kage Baker, John Scalzi and Harry Turtledove, called "Science Fiction: The Road From Here to There." The LA Times just provided us with the audio for this panel on CD and I've secured the permission ...

Year 2006

 

Rate Opinion: Recently Read (August 2006 - September 2006)

Original at blogs.sun.com external link    Thu, Sep 28

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By Rich Burridge Old Man's War - John Scalzi Learning the World - Ken Macleod Spin - Robert Charles Wilson These were three of the Hugo award nominees this year, with Spin winning out. See a previous post for more thoughts on these. Ghost Brigades - John Scalzi Agent To The Stars - John Scalzi

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