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John Scalzi is one of the most popular science fiction authors of his generation. His debut novel, Old Man's War, earned him the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His New York Times bestsellers include The Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation, Redshirts (which won the Hugo Award for Best Novel), The Last Emperox, The Kaiju Preservation Society, and Starter Villain. Material from his blog, Whatever, has won him two additional Hugo Awards. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.

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Series

Old Man's War


A Science Fiction series (2005 - 2025)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Retirees reborn as super soldiers in engineered young bodies
  • Alien diplomacy nastier than straight-up space warfare
  • Identity crises sparked by memory implants and borrowed DNA

Fuzzy Sapiens


A Science Fiction series (2011 - 2011)

The Human Division


A Science Fiction series (2013 - 2013)

Lock In


A Science Fiction series (2014 - 2018)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Near-future murder mysteries with bizarre medical stakes
  • Body-swapping identity puzzles inside high-tech virtual life
  • Disability-centered sci-fi shaped by robotic bodies

End of All Things


A Science Fiction series (2015 - 2015)

The Interdependency


A Science Fiction series (2017 - 2020)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Space empires run by monopolies and brittle alliances
  • Physics-driven catastrophe colliding with ruthless power struggles
  • Multi-viewpoint leaders scrambling to stop civilizational collapse

Dispatcher


A Science Fiction series (2017 - 2023)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Death-as-rescue premises with licensed killers
  • Noir sci-fi mysteries with lasting consequences
  • Reluctant survivors in legal and moral gray zones

The Far Reaches


A Science Fiction series (2023 - 2023)

The Time Traveler’s Passport


A Science Fiction series (2025 - 2025)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Behind-the-scenes time travel under brutal pressure
  • Memory-bending sci-fi with identity and moral fallout
  • Strange archives haunted by forgotten lives

Standalone Fiction

Book of the Dumb

Book of the Dumb 2

Agent to the Stars

The Android's Dream

You're Not Fooling Anyone When You Take Your Laptop to a Coffee Shop

How I Proposed to My Wife

The God Engines

The God Engines

Novella

The Tale of the Wicked

The Tale of the Wicked

Short story

Judge Sn Goes Golfing

Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded

An Election

An Election

Short story

The President's Brain is Missing

Shadow War of the Night Dragons

Redshirts with Three Codas

Muse of Fire

Miniatures

Miniatures

Short story collection

Don't Live For Your Obituary

A Very Scalzi Christmas

A Very Scalzi Christmas

Short story collection

Starter Villain

When the Moon Hits Your Eye

Constituent Service

Monsters of Ohio

Standalone Non-fiction

Virtue Signaling and Other Heresies

The Mallet of Loving Correction

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