Monthly Archives: May 2016
View From a Hotel Window, 5/13/16: Chicago
Posted on May 13, 2016 18 Comments
Really a quintessential urban hotel view, I have to say. In other news, hello, here I am in Chicago, to do events for BEA and for SFWA. You can find out about both here, and if you’re in Chicago, and wanted to have physical proof that I actually exist in meatspace, those would be the […]
The Big Idea: Guy Gavriel Kay
Posted on May 12, 2016 19 Comments
For today’s Big Idea, Guy Gavriel Kay is here to share a favorite passage from a writer of histories, and what that passage has to do with his latest novel, Children of Earth and Sky. GUY GAVRIEL KAY: I’ve told a cute (and even true!) origin story of Children of Earth and Sky elsewhere. It involves my Croatian […]
Where I’ll Be in Chicago This Weekend
Posted on May 11, 2016 9 Comments
If you live in or near Chicago and want to see me and maybe even get a book signed by me this weekend, there are two events I will be at for you to find me at: Friday, May 13 at 8pm: I’ll be participating in the SFWA Conference Mass Signing, in the Red Lacquer […]
The Big Idea: Ada Palmer
Posted on May 11, 2016 17 Comments
Gentle reader, was it chance or providence that brought you here today to read Ada Palmer’s Big Idea piece about her novel, Too Like the Lightning? And does it matter if it were either? And what do chance and/or providence (or the mindset that would attribute your presence here to either) have to do with […]
47
Posted on May 10, 2016 98 Comments
Yesterday morning, on the eve of my 47th birthday, Krissy asked me “do you feel old?” The question was rooted partly in the fact that today is my 47th birthday, partly because we were talking about time passing in a general sense, and partly because — and this is a thing they don’t tell you very […]
New Books and ARCs, 5/9/16
Posted on May 9, 2016 26 Comments
That’s right, we’re still working through the immense stack of new books and ARCs that have come into the Scalzi Compound recently. Some excellent books here, though, so this is not exactly a burden to do. What here excites your eyeballs? Tell us all in the comments!
Pre-Prom Pictures
Posted on May 7, 2016 25 Comments
Athena and her beau Hunter are off at prom right now, but before they left, I took something like 250 photos. Ten percent of them are in a Flickr set for your perusal, if you are of such a mind to take a look. The set is here. Enjoy!
New Books and ARCs, 5/6/16
Posted on May 6, 2016 18 Comments
A supersized stack today, in terms of the number of titles here. Lots of good stuff here. What here excites you beyond all reason? Tell me in the comments!
New Books and ARCs, 5/5/16
Posted on May 5, 2016 24 Comments
Hey! Look! More new books and ARCs! Speak to me of the titles here you covet, in the comment thread below.
A Baker’s Dozen of Terrible Things I Have Called Ted Cruz
Posted on May 5, 2016 76 Comments
In celebration of his exit from the 2016 presidential race, and by request, here is a more-or-less complete collection of all the horrible ways I’ve described Ted Cruz during the campaign (plus a couple bonus bits from 2013, when Whatever readers awarded him the title of Asshole of the Year, besting other luminaries such as Rob […]
The Big Idea: Katrina Archer
Posted on May 5, 2016 5 Comments
Real-world tragedies, best-selling action novels and the Canadian undead — these are some of the influences that Katrina Archer had in mind while writing The Tree of Souls. What did she take from each and how did they come together in her novel? Archer is on it, below. KATRINA ARCHER: The Tree of Souls was born from not […]
New Books and ARCs, 5/4/16
Posted on May 4, 2016 26 Comments
Another day, another stack of excellent recent and upcoming releases to show off to you. Tell which of these books excites you, down in the comments.
Five Quick Notes on Indiana
Posted on May 4, 2016 146 Comments
1. So on one hand, Ted Cruz, a shambling assemblage of skin tabs and ego, has left the presidential race. That’s good! 2. But on the other hand, Donald Trump, angry racist billionaire, is definitively going to be the GOP nominee for president. That’s very very bad. 3. Dear Republicans: Your party is a raging trash fire of hate, […]
New Books and ARCs, 5/3/16
Posted on May 3, 2016 37 Comments
Some excellent books in today’s stack, I would say. Anything here call to you? Tell me in the comments!
The Big Idea: Ruth Vincent
Posted on May 3, 2016 11 Comments
In today’s Big Idea, debut novelist Ruth Vincent essays this issues of depth, darkness and delight, as they relate to novels in general, and her novel Elixir in particular. RUTH VINCENT: Does a story need to be dark to be deep? Does substantive always have to equal depressing in fiction? I’ve always firmly believed no, […]
Two New Books in 2016 That Have Me In Them. Well, Three. Actually, Five
Posted on May 2, 2016 12 Comments
As we all know, I don’t have a new novel out this year — although the mass market paperback of The End of All Things is out May 31, hint, hint — but that doesn’t mean I’m not showing up in new books in 2016. Above you’ll see two new books that I’m in, one […]
New Books and ARCS 5/2/16: Special Baen-apalooza Edition
Posted on May 2, 2016 27 Comments
I got a smidge behind in showing off the new books and ARCs that have come to the Scalzi Compound, so I figure the semi-hiatus would be an excellent time to catch up on this score. To that end, please peruse this very fine stack of books courtesy of Baen Books, all titles that are […]
Today is the Day I Figured Out My Wife May Be the Highlander
Posted on May 1, 2016 46 Comments
The first picture here is of Krissy in 1994, when we got engaged; you can see my goofy face cropped halfway off there. The second is from 2007, nine years ago. The third is from 2011, five years ago. The final one is from this weekend, at Penguicon. Best guesses: Highlander; vampire; has a painting […]
The Promised Kitten Pic
Posted on May 1, 2016 16 Comments
I’m in there too! Sorry. The kittens seem glad we’re back, at least. No surprise poo anywhere in the house.
May 2016 Semi-Hiatus is Now ON
Posted on May 1, 2016 7 Comments
Get ready for less! (Although I will probably post a kitten picture when I get home from Penguicon later today. I’m not a monster.) One quick note: As part of the deal with the semi-hiatus is spending less time here, I’m trimmed back the time entries are open to comments to two days. This means […]
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