John Scalzi
John Scalzi
John Michael Scalzi IIis an American science fiction author, online writer, and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He is best known for his Old Man's War series, three novels of which have been nominated for the Hugo Award, and for his blog Whatever, at which he has written frequently on a number of topics since 1998. He won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 2008 based predominantly on that blog, which he...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth10 May 1969
CountryUnited States of America
I both love and am terrified by Greg Van Eekhout's vision of Los Angeles. I already want to go back.
The original sin of Republicans is greed. Everyone understands greed. Everybody wants to get theirs. The original sin of Democrats is pity. Greed is more attractive, and a better motivator, than pity.
When you're a kid all you want to do is be somewhere else.
The more I want a book to be done, the faster I type because I just want to get it out.
I will not let my sales figures dictate what I say on the blog, because the blog is what I want to say.
If you want me to treat your ideas with more respect, get some better ideas.
I'm perfectly fine with the fact that lots of young folks are wanting to watch anime and read manga. I'm perfectly happy that they are doing things online, reading there as opposed to traditional print magazines.
People start panicking because they think it's the end of everything. But the fact is, you know, books survived movies; books survived TV. Books are surviving manga and anime. Books will always be there in one form or another. You just have a larger palette of entertainment options.
People are worried about their bodies. They're worried about disease. They're worried about how they are able to get out and participate in the world.
I tell people the first time I decided to write a novel I was in my mid-20s, and it was, 'Well, it's time to see if I can do this.' I basically flipped a coin to see if I was going to write science fiction or if I was going to do a crime novel. The coin toss went to science fiction.
I don't think we're at the point where most people are willing to get rid of body parts and replace them, but then again, people who shoot lasers in their eyes come out with better-than-perfect vision.
I would say I'm a medium-sized 'Star Trek' fan. I love the universe that it's created.
I don't keep a Bucket List. I'm open to anything.
Personally speaking, when everything is boiled down to the marrow, I think the reason Reddit tolerates the creepy forums has to do with money more than anything else.