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The Kaiju Preservation Society

John Scalzi

Reader Score

84%

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recommend this book

Critic Reviews

Good

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The New York Times Best Seller
2022 The New York Times Best Seller
Winner:Alex Award -Adult/For Young Adults (2023)
Nominee:Hugo Award -Novel (2023)

The Kaiju Preservation Society is John Scalzi's first standalone adventure since the conclusion of his New York Times bestselling Interdependency trilogy.

When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls "an animal rights organization." Tom's team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on.

What Tom doesn't tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on Earth. Not our Earth, at least. In an alternate dimension, massive dinosaur-like creatures named Kaiju roam a warm, human-free world. They're the universe's largest and most dangerous panda and they're in trouble.

It's not just the Kaiju Preservation Society who have found their way to the alternate world. Others have, too. And their carelessness could cause millions back on our Earth to die.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Tor Books
  • Publish Date: Jan 24th, 2023
  • Pages: 272
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.27in - 5.40in - 0.66in - 0.71lb
  • EAN: 9781250878533
  • Categories: Science Fiction - Action & AdventureScience Fiction - Alien Contact

About the Author

Scalzi, John: - JOHN SCALZI is one of the most popular science fiction authors of his generation. His debut, Old Man's War, won 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 (whatever.scalzi.com), has earned him two other Hugo Awards. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.

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Critics’ reviews

Praise for this book

Praise for The Kaiju Preservation Society
"Scalzi's latest is a wildly inventive take on the kaiju theme"--Booklist, starred review

"Equally lighthearted and grounded--and sure to delight."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

Praise for John Scalzi
"Scalzi continues to be almost insufferably good at his brand of good but thinky sci-fi adventure."
--Kirkus Reviews on The Collapsing Empire

"Scalzi builds a fascinating new interstellar civilization in order to destroy it...Escapism full of guts and brains."
--Ars Technica on The Collapsing Empire

"Provocative and unexpected."
--The Wall Street Journal on The Collapsing Empire