Whatever Best of 2022

Posted on December 24, 2022    Posted by John Scalzi      2 Comments

I wouldn’t say 2022 went by quickly, but I will say that I’m still surprised we’re at the end of it. I feel like there should be at least a couple more months to go in the year, because, you know. I had plans. But here we are anyway. And here’s my annual list of things of the best pieces I think I wrote on Whatever this year, presented alphabetically:

• 2022 Election Thoughts
• The Clawback of Rights in the USA
• The End of an Era (Again)
• End of the Year PR Missives From Scrooge & Marley
• Grizzly Bear Conflict Manager
• How to Be Pretty Happy
• I Was Left Unsupervised
• January 6 One Year On
• My “Man-Cred”
• Oh No, He Said, Wringing His Hands, Where Are All the Men in Science Fiction?!?
• On the Matter of the New Twitter Boss and Other Things
• On the Subject of Skin Thickness
• Portrait of the Author As a Component of a “Punk-Or-Core” Formulation
• Process Notes on Starter Villain
• Review: Prey
• “Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting,” Ten Years On
• Thoughts on “The Sandman” Series
• Very Quick Thoughts on Brandon Sanderson’s Mega Kickstarter
• Why I’m (Probably) Not Going To Be Able To Give You Useful Advice Regarding Writer’s Block
• Zeus, 2008 – 2022
  

Also, I would like to commend my Personal History of Music series to you; if you don’t have the time or inclination to read through the entire 30-installment series, try the pieces on “Only You” by Yaz(oo) and “Fire Drills” by Dessa.

Also, just for fun, my favorite piece of music I composed this year. Because why not!

— JS