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
I somehow missed the Mayoreo escapade the first time round. I could have lived a happy life without that knowledge, to be honest.
Nealy two years after Jan 6, 2021 the Republicans are grudgingly beginning to admit that maybe Trump is not their best chance for taking the Oval Office in ’24.
I suppose this counts as progress. Many steps to go before they get past supporting ‘Trump Lite’.