Bücher von John Scalzi

John Scalzi's The Human Division is the fifth in The Old Man's War series. Lieutenant Harry Wilson has an impossible mission. He must help preserve the union of humanity's colonies, in the wake of a terrible revelation. For years the Colonial Union has protected its citizens from the dangerous universe around them. But the people of Earth now know the ugly truth. The Union deliberately kept Earth as an ignorant backwater - and as a source of recruits for its war against hostile aliens. Now, other alien races have formed a new alliance against the Union. And they've invited the incensed people of Earth to join them. Managing the Colonial Union's survival will take all the political cunning and finesse its diplomats can muster. And Harry and his team will be deployed to deal with the unexpected - for failure is unthinkable.

Redshirts is John Scalzi's Hugo Award-winning novel of the starship ensigns who were expendable...until they started comparing notes.Tor Essentials presents new editions of science fiction and fantasy titles of proven merit and lasting value, each volume introduced by an appropriate literary figure. Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. It's a prestige posting, with the chance to serve on "Away Missions" alongside the starship's famous senior officers.Life couldn't be better...until Andrew begins to realize that (1) every Away Mission involves a lethal confrontation with alien forces, (2) the ship's senior officers always survive these confrontations, and (3) sadly, at least one low-ranking crew member is invariably killed. Unsurprisingly, the savvier crew members belowdecks avoid Away Missions at all costs. Then Andrew stumbles on information that transforms his and his colleagues' understanding of what the starship Intrepid really is...and offers them a crazy, high-risk chance to save their own lives.With a new introduction by Mary Robinette Kowal, author of the Hugo-winning The Calculating Stars.

From New York Times bestseller and Hugo Award-winner John Scalzi, a trade paperback repackage of his wild-and-woolly caper novel of interstellar diplomacy-now with a new cover!A human diplomat creates an interstellar incident when he kills an alien diplomat in a most . . . unusual . . . way. To avoid war, Earth's government must find an equally unusual object: a type of sheep ("The Android's Dream"), used in the alien race's coronation ceremony.To find the sheep, the government turns to Harry Creek, ex-cop, war hero and hacker extraordinare, who, with the help of a childhood friend turned artificial intelligence, scours the earth looking for the rare creature. But there are others with plans for the sheep as well. Mercenaries employed by the military. Adherents of a secret religion based on the writings of a 21st century SF author. And alien races, eager to start a revolution on their home world and a war on Earth.To keep our planet from being enslaved, Harry will have to pull off a grand diplomatic coup, a gambit that will take him from the halls of power to the lava-strewn battlefields of alien worlds. There's only one chance to get it right, to save the life of the sheep-and to protect the future of humanity.Other Tor Books by John Scalzi:Agent to the StarsYour Hate Mail Will Be GradedFuzzy NationRedshirtsLock In1. Lock In2. Head OnThe Interdepency Sequence1. The Collapsing Empire2. The Consuming FireOld Man's War Series1. Old Man's War2. The Ghost Brigades3. The Last Colony4. Zoe's Tale5. The Human Division6. The End of All Things

From New York Times bestseller and Hugo Award-winner, John Scalzi, a trade paperback repackage of his gleeful mash-up of science fiction and Hollywood satire-now with a new cover!The space-faring Yherajk have come to Earth to meet us and to begin humanity's first interstellar friendship. There's just one problem: they're hideously ugly and smell like rotting fish.So getting humanity's trust is a challenge. The Yherajk need someone who can help them close the deal.Enter Thomas Stein, who knows something about closing deals. He's one of Hollywood's hottest young agents. But although Stein may have just concluded the biggest deal of his career, it's quite another thing to negotiate for an entire alien race. To earn his percentage this time, he's going to need all the smarts, skills, and wits he can muster.Other Tor BooksThe Android's DreamAgent to the StarsYour Hate Mail Will Be GradedFuzzy NationRedshirts1. Lock In2. Head OnThe Interdepency Sequence1. The Collapsing Empire2. The Consuming FireOld Man's War Series1. Old Man's War2. The Ghost Brigades3. The Last Colony4. Zoe's Tale5. The Human Division6. The End of All Things

On September 13, 1998, John Scalzi sat down in front of his computer to write the first entry in his blog Whatever--and changed the history of the Internet as we know it today.What, you're not swallowing that one? Okay, fine: He started writing Whatever and amused about 15 people that first day. If that many. But he kept at it, for ten years and running. Now 40,000 people drop by on a daily basis to see what he's got to say.About what? Well, about whatever: Politics, writing, family, war, popular culture and cats (especially with bacon on them). Sometimes he's funny. Sometimes he's serious (mostly he's sarcastic). Sometimes people agree with him. Sometimes they send him hate mail, which he grades on originality and sends back. Along the way, Scalzi's become a best-selling, award-winning author, a father, and a geek celebrity. But no matter what, there's always another Whatever post to amuse and/or enrage his readers.Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded collects some of the best and most popular Whatever entries from the first ten years of the blog - a decade of Whatever, presented in delightfully random form, just as it should be. * Winner of the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book* Introduction by Star Trek actor Wil WheatonOld Man's War Series #1 Old Man's War #2 The Ghost Brigades #3 The Last Colony #4 Zoe's Tale #5 The Human Division #6 The End of All Things Short fiction: "After the Coup" Other Tor Books The Android's Dream Agent to the Stars Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded Fuzzy Nation Redshirts Lock In The Collapsing Empire (forthcoming)

Die Erfolgstrilogie in einem BandDie ersten drei Romane von John Scalzis Bestsellerserie Krieg der Klone in einem Band: »Krieg der Klone«, »Geisterbrigaden« und »Die letzte Kolonie«.An seinem 75. Geburtstag tut John Perry zwei Dinge: Erst besucht er das Grab seiner Frau. Dann tritt er in die Armee ein.In ferner Zukunft wird der interstellare Krieg gegen Alien-Invasionen mit scheinbar bizarren Mitteln geführt: Für die Verteidigung der Kolonien weit draußen im All werden nur alte Menschen rekrutiert. So wie eben John Perry, der noch einmal einen neuen Anfang machen will. Doch bald erfährt er das wohlgehütete Geheimnis: Das Bewusstsein der Rekruten wird in jüngere Klone ihrer selbst übertragen, die als unerschöpfliches Kanonenfutter in den Kampf geschickt werden ...Für alle Fans von Robert A. Heinlein, Adrian Tchaikovsky; Becky Chambers und James SA Corey.»John Scalzi ist der unterhaltsamste und zugänglichste SF-Autor unserer Zeit.« Joe Hill

Ein Zukunftsthriller vom Autor der Bestseller »Krieg der Klone« und »Kollaps«Kennen Sie Hilketa? Bei dieser Sportart gehen die Spieler mit Schwertern und Hämmern aufeinander los. Das Hauptziel des Spiels: Erbeute den Kopf deines Gegners und befördere ihn durch die Torpfosten. Für gewöhnliche Menschen wäre ein solcher Sport unmöglich. Aber alle Spieler sind »Threeps«, roboterartige Körper, die ferngesteuert werden. Alles ist erlaubt.Bis ein Starathlet, der einen solchen Threep steuert, während eines Spiels zu Tode kommt.Ist es ein Unfall oder Mord? Die beiden FBI-Agenten Chris Shane und Leslie Vann werden zu Hilfe gerufen, um die Wahrheit aufzudecken. Bald verschlägt es sie auf die dunkle Seite des Erfolgssports Hilketa, bei dem Vermögen gemacht und verloren werden und bei dem Spieler wie Macher alles tun, um zu gewinnen - auf dem Feld und außerhalb.Ein in sich abgeschlossener Roman aus derselben Zukunftswelt wie »Das Syndrom«.»John Scalzi ist der unterhaltsamste und zugänglichste SF-Autor unserer Zeit.« Joe Hill

How do you tell your part in the biggest tale in history?I ask because it's what I have to do. I'm Zoe Boutin Perry: A colonist stranded on a deadly pioneer world. Holy icon to a race of aliens. A player (and a pawn) in a interstellar chess match to save humanity, or to see it fall. Witness to history. Friend. Daughter. Human. Seventeen years old.Everyone on Earth knows the tale I am part of. But you don't know my tale: How I did what I did - how I did what I had to do - not just to stay alive but to keep you alive, too. All of you. I'm going to tell it to you now, the only way I know how: not straight but true, the whole thing, to try to make you feel what I felt: the joy and terror and uncertainty, panic and wonder, despair and hope. Everything that happened, bringing us to Earth, and Earth out of its captivity. All through my eyes.It's a story you know. But you don't know it all.Old Man's War Series #1 Old Man's War #2 The Ghost Brigades #3 The Last Colony #4 Zoe's Tale #5 The Human Division #6 The End of All Things Short fiction: "After the Coup" Other Tor Books The Android's Dream Agent to the Stars Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded Fuzzy Nation Redshirts Lock In The Collapsing Empire (forthcoming)

Five original tales set in a shared urban futureΓÇöfrom some of the hottest young writers in modern SFMore than an anthology, Metatropolis is the brainchild of five of science fiction''s hottest writersΓÇöElizabeth Bear, Tobias Buckell, Jay Lake, Karl Schroeder, and project editor John ScalziΓÇöwho combined their talents to build a new urban future, and then wrote their own stories in this collectively-constructed world. The results are individual glimpses of a shared vision, and a reading experience unlike any you''ve had before.A strange man comes to an even stranger encampment...a bouncer becomes the linchpin of an unexpected urban movement...a courier on the run has to decide who to trust in a dangerous city...a slacker in a "zero-footprint" town gets a most unusual new job...and a weapons investigator uses his skills to discover a metropolis hidden right in front of his eyes.Welcome to the future of cities. Welcome to Metatropolis.Other Works by John ScalziOld Man''s War Series#1 Old ManΓÇÖs War / #2 The Ghost Brigades / #3 The Last Colony / #4 ZoeΓÇÖs Tale / #5 The Human Division / #6 The End of All Things / Short fiction: ΓÇ£After the CoupΓÇ¥Other Tor BooksThe AndroidΓÇÖs Dream / Agent to the Stars / Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded / Fuzzy Nation / Redshirts / Lock In / The Collapsing Empire

This is the dazzling second book in John Scalzi's Interdependency trilogy. A battle for hearts and minds begins as a civilisation faces destruction - yet some won't even acknowledge the threat.