Monthly Archives: June 2015

The Big Idea: P.W. Singer and August Cole

What happens when two authors with combined decades of experience working in and chronicling the defense industry attempt to plausibly devise a war scenario only a few years into the future? You might find the book has uncomfortable parallels with the real world. But of course, as P.W. Singer and August Cole might tell you about their […]

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The Big Idea: Sam Munson

If I knew nothing else about the book, I would give a thumb up Sam Munson’s novel merely for the title alone: The War Against the Assholes. Fortunately, there’s more to the book than the fabulous title, as Munson explains below. SAM MUNSON: What animates The War Against the Assholes philosophically (its author asked, rhetorically and […]

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Love Wins

I’m traveling at the moment so I can’t add much more to this than: Hooray! Marriage for all! Also: Hey, I’m an ordained minister in the Universal Life Church. I can marry people. I’m just saying. Here’s the Supreme Court decision. Read it and enjoy. I’m going to be in San Francisco this weekend. I […]

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Can Long Endure, Episode Three of The End of All Things, is Out Now!

It’s Tuesday, and that means another episode of The End of All Things. “Can Long Endure” is now out and available from your favorite eBook retailer. Here’s the official description: “They signed up to defend humans from hostile aliens, but this group of Colonial Union soldiers finds themselves, instead, repeatedly sent to squelch rebellious human […]

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Just Putting These Here So They Can Be Part of the Permanent Record

From the day itself: So, we're not pretending the Charleston shooting is something other than racial hatred, right? pic.twitter.com/tCS8C28G6J — John Scalzi (@scalzi) June 18, 2015 If witnesses say the alleged shooter said "I'm here to shoot black people," I would think it's pretty clear why black people were shot. — John Scalzi (@scalzi) June […]

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Note to WSFS Members: Killing the Best Novelette Hugo is a Terrible Idea

(Note: Hugo neepery follows. But not the usual Hugo neepery! This is entirely new Hugo neepery! However, if you’re bored with Hugo neepery in general, then avoid this.) Every year at Worldcon, there’s a business meeting where World Science Fiction Society members may, among other things, offer up amendments to the WSFS constitution. A very active […]

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To Be the Anti-Scalzi, and Other Foolishness

From earlier today on Twitter: Apparently, to be "the Anti-Scalzi" means to argue poorly, whine like a child, and make an ass of yourself. This is strangely complimentary. — John Scalzi (@scalzi) June 18, 2015 Also, terribly sad that person decided the smart thing to be was "the Anti-Scalzi," rather than himself. Now that awful […]

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20 Years

Twenty years ago today, Krissy and I were married. We stood up in front of friends and family, said our vows (and they were our vows, as we wrote them), and formally begun our time together, making a life between us. In that twenty years, there has never been a single day where I have not […]

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This Hollow Union, Episode Two of The End of All Things, is Out Now!

I’m off doing touristy things in London, but I would be remiss if I did not inform you that Episode 2 of The End of All Things, “This Hollow Union,” is out and available at your favorite ebook retailer. Here’s the official description: “Desperate times call for desperate measures. And for the multi-species Conclave, desperate […]

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