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John Scalzi

(John Michael Scalzi)

(b.1969)

John Scalzi won the 2006 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and his debut novel Old Man's War was a finalist for the Hugo Award. His other novels include The Ghost Brigades, The Last Colony, and The Android's Dream. He lives in southern Ohio with his wife and daughter.

Genres: Science Fiction

New and upcoming books

March 2025

When the Moon Hits Your Eye

Series

Old Man's War
   1. Old Man's War (2005)
   2. The Ghost Brigades (2006)
   3. The Last Colony (2007)
   4. Zoe's Tale (2008)
   5. The Human Division (2013)
   6. The End of All Things (2015)

Human Division
   1. The B-Team (2013)
   2. Walk the Plank (2013)
   3. We Only Need the Heads (2013)
   4. A Voice in the Wilderness (2013)
   5. Tales From the Clarke (2013)
   6. The Back Channel (2013)
   7. The Dog King (2013)
   8. The Sound of Rebellion (2013)
   9. The Observers (2013)
   10. This Must Be the Place (2013)
   11. A Problem of Proportion (2013)
   12. The Gentle Art of Cracking Heads (2013)
   13. Earth Below, Sky Above (2013)

Lock In
   0.5. Unlocked (2014)
   1. Lock In (2014)
   2. Head On (2018)

End of All Things
   1. The Life of the Mind (2015)
   2. This Hollow Union (2015)
   3. Can Long Endure (2015)
   4. To Stand or Fall (2015)

Interdependency
   1. The Collapsing Empire (2017)
   2. The Consuming Fire (2018)
   3. The Last Emperox (2020)

Dispatcher
   1. The Dispatcher (2017)
   2. Murder by Other Means (2021)
   3. Travel by Bullet (2023)

Novels

   Agent to the Stars (2005)
   The Android's Dream (2006)
   The God Engines (2009)
   Redshirts (2012)
   The Kaiju Preservation Society (2022)
   Starter Villain (2023)
   When the Moon Hits Your Eye (2025)

Collections

Miniatures (2016)
A Very Scalzi Christmas (2019)

Novellas and Short Stories

   Questions for a Soldier (2005)
   The Sagan Diary (2007)
   Judge Sn Goes Golfing (2009)
   After the Coup (2010)
   The President's Brain is Missing (2011)
   How I Proposed to My Wife (2011)
   An Election (2012)
   The Tale of the Wicked (2012)
   Redshirts: Chapters 1-4 (2012)
   The Dead City (2012)
   Muse of Fire (2013)
   Everything but the Squeal (2016)

Series contributed to

METAtropolis
Metatropolis (2009) (with others)

Fuzzy Sapiens
7. Fuzzy Nation (2011)

Far Reaches
6. Slow Time Between the Stars (2023)

Non fiction show

Omnibus editions show

John Scalzi recommends

A Stranger in the Citadel (2023)
Tobias S Buckell
"With A Stranger In The Citadel, Tobias Buckell writes to the moment we live in, with a clarity and urgency that only fable can provide. Read it."

Camp Damascus (2023)
Chuck Tingle
"Chuck Tingle continues to surprise and thrill. Camp Damascus is terrifying, darkly funny, and engagingly humane."

The Terraformers (2023)
Annalee Newitz
"Fascinating and readable in equal measure, The Terraformers will remake your mind like its cast remakes an entire planet."

January Fifteenth (2022)
Rachel Swirsky
"I don't think it's any secret that I think she's one of the best speculative fiction writers of the last decade."

Spear (2022)
Nicola Griffith
"There is magic in Nicola Griffith's words. Prepare to be enchanted."

Stars and Bones (2022)
(Stars and Bones, book 1)
Gareth L Powell
"Gareth Powell drops you into the action from the first page and then Just. Keeps. Going. This is a pro at the top of his game."

Light From Uncommon Stars (2021)
Ryka Aoki
"Delightful and heartbreaking. An unexpected mashup of science fiction and fantasy that will make you love music, crave donuts, and wish to read it all again."

The Actual Star (2021)
Monica Byrne
"Breathtaking in scope and ambition. With Byrne as your assured guide, The Actual Star offers so much to discover from the first read, and invites returning to over and over."

The Doors of Eden (2020)
Adrian Tchaikovsky
"What a ride . . . talks like big-brained science fiction and runs like a fleet-footed political thriller."

Axiom's End (2020)
(Noumena, book 1)
Lindsay Ellis
"So much fun. Lindsay Ellis's experience as one of our sharpest cultural observers gives Axiom's End an edge of realism that makes it both cutting and compelling. Close encounters have a whole new look."

The Oppenheimer Alternative (2020)
Robert J Sawyer
"Cracking open a new Robert J. Sawyer book is like getting a gift from a friend who visits all the strange and undiscovered places in the world. You can't wait to see what he's going to amaze you with this time."

The Human (2020)
(Rise of the Jain, book 3)
Neal Asher
"Neal Asher's books are like an adrenaline shot targeted directly for the brain."

The Guns of Pluto (2020)
(Captain Future , book 2)
Allen Steele
"The first writer I wrote a fan letter to. I'm no less of a fan of his work now!."

This Is How You Lose the Time War (2019)
Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
"An intimate and lyrical tour of time, myth and history, with a captivating conversation between characters - and authors. Read it."

How Long 'til Black Future Month? (2018)
N K Jemisin
"Arguably the most important speculative writer of her generation... She's that good."

The Labyrinth Index (2018)
(Laundry Files, book 9)
Charles Stross
"Charles Stross is awesome and his books are awesome and Laundry Flies in particular is a hell of a lot of fun."

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (2018)
(An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, book 1)
Hank Green
"Funny, thrilling, and an absolute blast to read. I knew Hank would be good at this, but I didn't know he would be this good on the first try."

The Calculating Stars (2018)
(Lady Astronaut, book 1)
Mary Robinette Kowal
"Simply enchanting...You're going to love this."

Blood Orbit (2018)
(Gattis File, book 1)
K R Richardson
"That thing they say about a book grabbing you and just not letting go? Yeah, that's the thing Blood Orbit does really well."

Space Opera (2018)
(Space Opera, book 1)
Catherynne M Valente
"As if Ziggy Stardust went on a blind date with The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, then they got smashed and sang karaoke all night long. Cat Valente is mad and brilliant and no one else would have even thought of this, much less pulled it off."

The Merry Spinster (2018)
Daniel M Lavery and Mallory Ortberg
"Mallory Ortberg has the sloe gin wit of Dorothy Parker and the soul of a Classics nerd. It's like both of them sat next to each other in THE MERRY SPINSTER and gossiped away. The result is an absolute delight."

Fata Morgana (2017)
Steven R Boyett and Ken Mitchroney
"Action, adventure, cool speculative events, well-drawn characters, and an ending that sticks the landing. Fata Morgana pushes all my happy buttons."

The End of Magic (2017)
(Echo Park Coven, book 3)
Amber Benson
"Amber Benson's got it."

The Stars Are Legion (2017)
Kameron Hurley
"Badass."

The Skill of Our Hands (2017)
(Incrementalists, book 2)
Steven Brust and Skyler White
"Secret societies, immortality, murder mysteries, and Las Vegas all in one book? Shut up and take my money."

Ancillary Sword (2014)
(Imperial Radch, book 2)
Ann Leckie
"UNEXPECTED COMPELLING AND VERY COOL ANN LECKIE NAILS IT."

Devil Said Bang (2012)
(Sandman Slim, book 4)
Richard Kadrey
"Richard Kadrey's 'Sandman Slim' series is one of my favorite sets of fantasy books from the last few years."

Empyre (2007)
Josh Conviser
"Josh Conviser's near future is fascinating to imagine - and terrifying, because we might just be heading for it."

Mainspring (2007)
(Clockwork Earth, book 1)
Jay Lake
"The gears that propel this story run like clockwork. The world Jay has created here is one of the best windup toys a reader could ever want."

More recommendations

Anthologies containing stories by John Scalzi

Love, Death and Robots: Volumes 2 & 3 (2022)
(Love, Death and Robots, book 2)
edited by
Geoff Brown and Amanda J Spedding

Love, Death + Robots: Volume One (2021)
(Love, Death and Robots, book 1)
edited by
Geoff Brown and Amanda J Spedding

Escape Pod (2020)
edited by
S B Divya and Mur Lafferty

More anthologies

Awards

	Hugo Best Novel nominee (2006) : Old Man's War
	John W. Campbell Best Book winner (2006) : Old Man's War
	Prometheus Award Best Novel nominee (2007) : The Ghost Brigades
	Hugo Best Novel nominee (2008) : The Last Colony
	Hugo Best Novel nominee (2009) : Zoe's Tale
	Andre Norton Award Best Book nominee (2010) : Zoe's Tale
	Hugo Best Novel winner (2013) : Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas
	John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2015) : Lock In
	Hugo Best Book nominee (2018) : The Collapsing Empire

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