Tag Archives: John Scalzi

Chicon 7 Confirms High Turnout for Hugo Awards Ballot, Ceremony Details

70th World Science Fiction Convention

WorldCon announces the second largest number of Hugo Award votes ever, Hugo Award ceremony host John Scalzi, and the at-con app with full convention information…

John Scalzi’s The Human Division to debut as a serial

Tor Books is publishing John Scalzi’s newest Old Man’s War novel, The Human Division, first as a serial this winter, and then as a traditional novel…

2012 Audie Awards winners

The 2012 Audie Awards were handed out this week. The genre winners include…

Dying As No Redshirt Has Died Before—With Laughter

Michael Burstein enthusiastically recommends John Scalzi’s Redshirts, but he won’t tell you what it’s about…

Enter to win the entire Tor Books John Scalzi Collection

Tor Books is giving away a copy of every John Scalzi book they’ve published, in exchange for your name and address to receive their monthly newsletter…

Appearances: April-June 2012

Author and artist readings and signings for the second quarter of 2012. This list is updated as we get more information, until the end of June 2012.

Tor giving away five pre-publication copies of John Scalzi’s Redshirts

Tor is giving away five advance reading copies of John Scalzi’s new novel Redshirts, which won’t be out until June…

2012 Audie Awards nominees

The Audio Publishers Association’s 17th annual Audie Awards will be given out in June. The nominees in 28 categories include several of interest…

Capclave announces two years’ worth of GoHs, and two limited edition books

Washington, DC, area sf convention Capclave has announced Guests of Honor for this year and next, along with two limited edition books to published for this year’s GoHs: Carrie Vaughn and Catherynne M. Valente…

Clarkesworld Magazine’s April 2011 issue

The April issue of Clarkesworld Magazine has fiction by E. Lily Yu and Erin M. Hartshorn, and non-fiction by Brit Mandelo and Jeremy L.C. Jones…

World Fantasy Con brief update

I’m safely arrived at the World Fantasy Convention. I won’t be posting the WF Award winners live, but this is definitely the place to be…

2012 WorldCon in Chicago, Illinois

The Chicago bid, Chicon 7, won the right to host the 2012 World Science Fiction Convention. Guests of Honor will include Mike Resnick, Rowena Morrill, Story Musgrave, Peggy Rae Sapienza, Jane Frank, and John Scalzi…

Wil Wheaton/John Scalzi Fan Fiction Contest to Benefit the Lupus Alliance of America

Describe this Jeff Zugale painting of Wil Wheaton and John Scalzi in a short piece of fanfic, and wind up published with them in an anthology…

PARSEC’s writing contest on the theme “The Color of Silence”

PARSEC’s annual writing contest this year is offering prizes of $200, $100, and $50, for short stories on the theme “The Color of Silence”…

Strange Horizons fund-raising drive update, and submission problems

Following up last week’s article, Strange Horizons has surpassed its fund-raising hopes for the year. The online zine also reports difficulty with submissions from/to Gmail addresses…