Monthly Archives: November 2016
Whatever Holiday Shopping Guide 2016, Day Three: Arts, Crafts, Music and More
Posted on November 30, 2016 115 Comments
The Whatever Holiday Shopping Guide 2016 continues, and today we move away from books and focus on other gifts and crafts — which you can take to mean just about any other sort of thing a creative person might make: Music, art, knitting, jewelry, artisan foodstuffs and so on. These can be great, unique gifts for special folks […]
Three Weeks In
Posted on November 29, 2016 1 Comment
Once again presented in Q&A format, as it will contain actual questions that people have asked me. Let’s get to it: Ugh. I can’t even anymore. And yet again we start with a comment, not a question. Also, sorry, you have to even, just like the rest of us, and get this: He’s not even […]
Whatever Holiday Shopping Guide 2016, Day Two: Non-Traditionally Published Books
Posted on November 29, 2016 231 Comments
Today is Day Two of the Whatever Shopping Guide 2016, and today the focus is on Non-Traditionally Published Books: Self-published works, electronically-exclusive books, books from micro presses, books released outside the usual environs of the publishing world, and so on. Hey, I put my first novel up on this very Web site years ago and told people to send […]
Whatever Holiday Shopping Guide 2016, Day One: Traditionally Published Books
Posted on November 28, 2016 114 Comments
Welcome to the first day of the Whatever Shopping Guide 2016 — My way of helping you folks learn about cool creative gifts for the holidays, straight from the folks who have created them. Today’s featured products are traditionally published books (including graphic novels and audiobooks); that is, books put out by publishers who ship books to stores […]
Here’s Where the Holidays Begin
Posted on November 26, 2016 29 Comments
After Thanksgiving, with our daughter decorating the tree.
New Books and ARCs, 11/25/16
Posted on November 25, 2016 30 Comments
Here’s your Black Friday edition of the new books and ARCs that have come in to the Scalzi Compound. Anything here you’d put on your wish list? Tell us about it in the comments!
Whatever Holiday Shopping Guide 2016 Starts Monday!
Posted on November 25, 2016 9 Comments
Every year as the holiday season begins I run a shopping guide for the holidays, and over the years it’s been quite successful: Lots of people have found out about excellent books and crafts and charities and what have you, making for excellent gift-giving opportunities during the holiday season. I’ve decided to do it again this […]
Thanksgiving, 2016
Posted on November 24, 2016 28 Comments
Putting these here for permanence. A list of things I am thankful for, in no particular order, follows this tweet. — John Scalzi (@scalzi) November 24, 2016 1. I am thankful for my wife Kristine, without whom I would likely be sitting alone in a one-room apartment, ordering pizza. — John Scalzi (@scalzi) November 24, […]
How to Get Signed and Personalized Scalzi Books for the Holidays, 2016
Posted on November 23, 2016 8 Comments
It’s that time of the year again, and once again I am teaming up with Jay & Mary’s Book Center, my local independent bookseller, to offer signed and personalized books for gift-giving. It’s a great way to get a unique gift for someone you love (even yourself!) while at the same time supporting a great […]
Dig the Cover to the French Edition of The End of All Things
Posted on November 22, 2016 18 Comments
That’s pretty damn nifty, if I do say so myself. The art is by David Demaret, who has clearly read the book. If you read French, it’s coming out on the 23rd of February in 2017. Look for it then.
Now, a Scamperbeasts Break!
Posted on November 22, 2016 21 Comments
Nothing like a pair of adorable sistercats to help you unwind after a long day. Enjoy, and have a good rest of your Tuesday.
Two Weeks In
Posted on November 22, 2016 141 Comments
Two weeks since election day. Let’s get to it. Again, in the format of a Q and A, as this piece will contain questions I have been asked by others. Ready? Let’s begin. Fucking Nazis, man! That’s not really a question, though, is it. Where are these fucking Nazis coming from? If you mean the […]
New Books and ARCs, 11/21/16
Posted on November 21, 2016 27 Comments
Time to catch up on the latest books and ARCs that have come to the Scalzi Compound! What in this stack looks particularly appealing to you? Tell us in the comments!
Print Version of The Dispatcher: Coming in May 2017
Posted on November 21, 2016 27 Comments
For those of you hoping for a print edition of The Dispatcher, your hopes have been answered: Subterranean Press will be releasing its version in May 2017. In addition to standard trade hardcover and eBook editions, Subterranean is also offering a limited (400 copies), signed edition for collectors and especially fervent fans. You know who […]
Thoughts On My Trump-Era Novels
Posted on November 20, 2016 56 Comments
I had someone ask me to what extent Trump et al is going to have an impact on my creative life, specifically my novels. It’s a question with no particularly easy answer, but let me try to tackle it. First and foremost, I can’t truly know because I don’t know what will happen in the […]
It Begins
Posted on November 19, 2016 35 Comments
The first snow of the season. Well, first-ish, because it’s only sticking on my deck, and barely even there; the ground is still too warm for it to stick there for any amount of time, not least because it was 70 degrees yesterday around here. And the next ten days don’t have snow weather in […]
Just Putting This Here Because It’s Blowing My Mind
Posted on November 17, 2016 46 Comments
This video is from the musician Sting’s kid, and holy buckets, does she (who identifies as non-binary so I may not be using the right pronoun) sound like her pop vocally. There’s no problem with that, and it does nothing to diminish from her own talents. It’s just, wow, eerie. I listened to the whole […]
Checking In, Eight Days On
Posted on November 16, 2016 222 Comments
I’ll do this one in Q & A format, in no small part because it will include questions that people have actually asked me, and that I want to address: So, Scalzi, how are you doing? I’m better than I was last week, thanks. I’m eating and sleeping normally again, and I can go for […]
The Two Day Comment Window Thing
Posted on November 15, 2016 53 Comments
This is a Whatever housekeeping note, so if you’re not interested in that, feel free to skip. When I got into the tough portions of writing The Collapsing Empire, I trimmed down the number of days that comments were open on posts from ten days (itself a markdown from fourteen days, itself a markdown from […]
Pragmatic Government in an Age of White Nationalism
Posted on November 15, 2016 141 Comments
Late last week I was interviewed about Trump and his incoming administration, and one of the things that came up was the practical issues involving government, as in, to what extent should the Democrats (or anyone) work with Trump and the GOP to make deals, pass laws and so on. My answer to this was […]
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