October 27, 2017 – Whatever

New Books and ARCs 10/27/17 + a Mildly Annoyed Twitter Thread

Thread first, followed by the new books/ARCs in the last tweet.

Folks, if you complain to me about my new books/ARCs stacks being one type of author more than others, refer complaints to publishers.

— John Scalzi (@scalzi) October 27, 2017

Also, if your complaint tries to shame ME for the books sent to me, unbidden, by publishers, it's not going to have the reaction you want.

— John Scalzi (@scalzi) October 27, 2017

The stacks of books I show are literally what arrived in the last few days. Sometimes they are varied in types of author, sometimes not.

— John Scalzi (@scalzi) October 27, 2017

I of course encourage publishers to send me books by authors of all sorts. But THEY have to decide to send me things. I can't make them.

— John Scalzi (@scalzi) October 27, 2017

Nor do I want to. Posting of stacks of books I do for fun, and to promote authors. It's not my job. I'm not chasing publishers for books.

— John Scalzi (@scalzi) October 27, 2017

Tutting me because a particular stack doesn't have the right ratio of authors will annoy me and change nothing re: overall pub diversity.

— John Scalzi (@scalzi) October 27, 2017

I am delighted to highlight authors of all sorts in my stacks. Please encourage publishers to send books my way. All my info is on the site.

— John Scalzi (@scalzi) October 27, 2017

With that said: here's today's stack of new books and ARCs! What looks good to you in this one? pic.twitter.com/yduiQ9l1sD

— John Scalzi (@scalzi) October 27, 2017

Scalzi and Munro in Fresno

During our recent California sojurn, Krissy and I stopped in Fresno for a day. Why? Because, in fact, that’s where I lived when we met (I worked for the Fresno Bee newspaper), and we still have friends in the area, and we wanted to see them. One of the friends we saw was Donald Munro, who was a fellow journalist at the Bee, and who now runs the Munro Review, a site focused on the Fresno and Central California arts scene.

Most of what Donald and I did was catch up on things — it was the first time I’d been back to Fresno in about a decade — but I also did an interview with him for the Munro Review, talking about Fresno, writing and other stuff (including how I proposed to Krissy). It’s a fun interview, and you can read it here. Also, of course, if you’re interesting in the Central California arts scene, please check out the rest of the Munro Review, and put it into your daily reads. Donald’s great at what he does.

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