Dec 22 2009

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Book Triptych

Published by John Scalzi at 11:35 am

Just arrived at the Scalzi Compound:

From the left: The Portuguese edition of Old Man’s War, the physical copy of The God Engines, and the Tor trade paperback edition of Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded. The first of these is out already; the latter two are imminent — TGE is shipping by the end of the year, and Hate Mail is scheduled for January 5th (which means a few might have already leaked to stores). They all look great. I love the new Hate Mail cover (not that I didn’t like the one with me as a devil on it, it’s just that this one is probably better for a mass market), and The God Engines is simply the coolest-looking book I’ve had so far, thanks to Vincent Chong’s awesome cover and interior art (some of which you can see on the SubPress order page for the book). Really, it’s like Christmas came early around here. By, uh, three days or something.

As a TGE addendum, it’s gotten another positive review, this time by the Sacramento Book Review:

Scalzi somehow manages in a mere 136 pages to create believable, like-able characters who exist in a world that, while fantastic…is both wonderful and convincing.

Short but potent. I’ll take that.

25 responses so far

25 Responses to “Book Triptych”

  1. # Rebecca Knighton 22 Dec 2009 at 12:07 pm

    I seriously love The God Engines cover, too :). It makes me want to impulse buy it. Was this your plan all along??

    Ingenius.

  2. # John Scalzion 22 Dec 2009 at 12:09 pm

    “Was this your plan all along??”

    Why, yes. Yes it was.

  3. # Ken Kadeton 22 Dec 2009 at 12:13 pm

    OK, so I forget why I’ve been following your blog for over a year now, but it strikes me that I’ve never read a single Scalzi book. I’ll have to go correct that now, what with all these Barnes and Noble coupons burning holes in my email.

    So feel free to add “1″ to what I have no doubt is an intricately formulated blog ROI algorithm.

    Happy holidays!

  4. # John A. D.on 22 Dec 2009 at 12:15 pm

    I cannot wait for The God Engines! It’s the first book I’ve ordered for Sub Press. I had to pre-order it!

  5. # RPFon 22 Dec 2009 at 12:40 pm

    “War is for the Old,” eh? Is that a Portuguese or a Brazilian edition?

  6. # RPFon 22 Dec 2009 at 12:47 pm

    Just to clarify, yes I see that you’ve called it “the Portuguese edition,” but I wasn’t sure if that referred to the language or the country…I’ve some relatives in Brazil who might enjoy Old Man’s War if that is indeed where this comes from.

  7. # John Scalzion 22 Dec 2009 at 12:50 pm

    It’s from Portugal.

  8. # Staceyon 22 Dec 2009 at 1:07 pm

    Which version of God Engines is that? The website doesn’t make it very clear which cover art goes with which edition, so I haven’t yet ordered. Thanks! Beautiful!

  9. # John Scalzion 22 Dec 2009 at 1:10 pm

    Stacey:

    It’s the trade edition. The limited edition has the same cover painting but with a different treatment.

  10. # Joerg Mosthafon 22 Dec 2009 at 3:20 pm

    Wow. Now I’m REALLY looking forward to my limited edition of The God Engines!
    :D

  11. # HydrogenGuyon 22 Dec 2009 at 4:56 pm

    You must have an awful lot of OMW’s, in many languages, by now. Any idea how many?

  12. # John Scalzion 22 Dec 2009 at 5:07 pm

    It’s been translated into fifteen languages, but I don’t have copies of every edition.

  13. # simondraxon 22 Dec 2009 at 5:30 pm

    I Love that cover for Hate Mail.

  14. # DEDon 22 Dec 2009 at 5:31 pm

    136 pages? I thought publishers frowned on anything less than 250? Or is it ok because you’re an author who sells well?

  15. # John Scalzion 22 Dec 2009 at 5:35 pm

    “I thought publishers frowned on anything less than 250?”

    Not this particular publisher.

    We’ve been pretty clear all along this is a novella, not a novel.

  16. # Schizohedronon 22 Dec 2009 at 6:23 pm

    @13: Seconding the love-Hate relationship. Reminds me of the Helvetica-cover edition of The Elements of Style I had for most of my life.

  17. # Bradon 22 Dec 2009 at 7:46 pm

    That OMW cover Rocks! Whoever did the cover art is amazing!

  18. # Adamon 22 Dec 2009 at 8:03 pm

    Any chance God Engines will be available for Kindle some time soon?

  19. # DEDon 22 Dec 2009 at 9:00 pm

    @ Scalzi 15

    Ahhhh, I see that Subterranean is the publisher. That explains it. Good for you, Scalzi. :)

  20. # Dirty Wizard Hunteron 23 Dec 2009 at 9:11 am

    Sweet, can’t wait to get my hands on TGE. I adore well-written novellas. Few and far between these days. Hmm, you know what. I’m going to order The God Engines and Panverse 1 in the next few weeks. Kick back and compare the six novellas. What do you think of that, Whateverellas?

  21. # The Gray Areaon 23 Dec 2009 at 12:32 pm

    I think if I had something published in 15 languages I would need a copy of each. How can you resist not having them all? Especially if the cover art is different.

  22. # John Scalzion 23 Dec 2009 at 12:34 pm

    “How can you resist not having them all?”

    Because I’m too lazy to track them down. The publishers are contractually obliged to send me author copies; they will get to me sooner or later.

  23. # Dirty Wizard Hunteron 23 Dec 2009 at 12:56 pm

    I can’t seem to find the Klingon and Na’vi translation of OMW. They must be out of print.

  24. # Delta-Slideron 26 Dec 2009 at 5:02 pm

    Ditto what Adam @#18 said…KINDLE?
    KINDLE?
    KINDLE?

  25. # Luison 30 Dec 2009 at 2:30 pm

    I’m reading that (very good by the way) portuguese translation of Old Man’s War and I’m loving it. Can’t wait for the next ones!

    A big hello form Portugal!

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