John Scalzi Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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The Stand
Stephen KingJohn ScalziI read The Stand at age ten because my mom had the paperback around the house. I suspect lots of people read Stephen King at an early age as one of their first "grown-up" books, because just about every American home has at least one of his books somewhere in it. https://t.co/dht8NRO3H8
Paperback, 2012
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Devil House
John DarnielleJohn ScalziCongrats to @mountain_goats (aka John Darnielle), whose new book Devil House is out today (and which I just literally two seconds ago purchased in audiobook form) https://twitter.com/esquire/status/1486000505239257089
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Light from Uncommon Stars
Ryka AokiJohn Scalzi4. Can you understand that when I blurbed, say, Ryka Aoki's Light From Uncommon Stars, I was trying to convey my actual *sheer delight* at a wonderful story told in a way that I as a writer never could, and I as a reader felt was something new under the sun? How cool is that?
Paperback, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Kindred
Octavia ButlerJohn ScalziGood news. Deadline: ‘Kindred’ Pilot Based On Octavia E. Butler Novel Picked Up To Series By FX. https://t.co/smOE8MatFh
Paperback, 2004
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Translation State
Ann LeckieJohn ScalziThe blurb on Translation State ("There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could") is a general statement made elsewhere, and it's on the cover of all her newly redesigned books. That said, I do think Translation State is terrific. Enjoy! https://t.co/4BTFaPzugI https://t.co/ENF3J48yLs
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Big Idea
Sai PublishingJohn ScalziAll the time, in the form of Big Idea pieces, where writers talk about their new books. Otherwise almost never, and in both cases there are guidelines on my site, and the spammy site people never read those, so *plonk* they go into the trash. https://t.co/98v4bUAK7b
Paperback, 2019
$6.24$3.12 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Heroes Die: A Fantasy Novel
Matthew StoverJohn ScalziMatthew Stover is a fuckin' phenomenal writer and his novel "Heroes Die" is some of the best badass action-oriented speculative fiction of the last quarter century, clearly his tie-in work is gonna be fantastic too https://t.co/psagza1cZM
Paperback, Mass Market, 1999
$7.99$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dune
Frank HerbertJohn ScalziOh, bless. They're still at it. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jan/24/dune-animation-based-on-jodorowsky-concept-art-in-development-says-cryptocurrency-group-spice-dao-frank-herbert
Paperback, 2005
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Actual Star
Monica ByrneJohn ScalziHappy book birthday to @monicabyrne13 and "The Actual Star," which I enjoyed enough to blurb. When they talk about ambition and scope in speculative fiction, this is what they're talking about. I'm rereading for an online event and it's even better the second time. Get it! https://t.co/4P7PXIy3rm
Paperback, 2022
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Cartographers
Peng ShepherdJohn ScalziJust got the book I'm taking on tour to read when I'm not reading my own stuff to others: The Cartographers, by @pengshepherd, officially out tomorrow as well! Get mine and get this too! https://t.co/voFs5IT5Qv
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book