John Scalzi
Person on 4 sites
Science fiction novelist (Old Man's War, Redshirts, The Kaiju Preservation Society); has blogged at Whatever since 1998.
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7 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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11 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The two-party system in the United States is one where third parties act as spoilers rather than legitimate competitors. (opens korrents.com)
“I regret to say we have a two-party system where third parties act as spoilers, not legitimate competitors — there’s a reason why pro-GOP political action committees funded a huge mailer push for the socialist…”
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The Googlebook is not entirely baked, and it shows. (opens korrents.com)
“The Googlebook is a fine little machine, and I’m mostly happy to own it, but it is not entirely baked, and it shows.”
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Straight-up science fiction is a rare genre to be considered for the Thurber Prize. (opens korrents.com)
“There have been other books that have been finalists that have had speculative elements to them (most notably Hollow Kingdom, by Kira Jane Buxton), but it’s safe to say that straight-up science fiction is a rare bird…”
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The two-party system in the United States is one where third parties act as spoilers rather than legitimate competitors. (opens korrents.com)
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16 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Almost There (opens rcmnd.app)
“The Academy Is…, one of my favorite bands from this century (and yes, I feel old just typing that out), has recorded their first new album in eighteen years, titled Almost There, and will be putting it out in March.”
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Apollo 13 (opens rcmnd.app)
“Every film ages, but it seems to me that 30 years on, Apollo 13 has aged rather less than other films of its time”
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Alita: Battle Angel (opens rcmnd.app)
“None of this is brilliant filmmaking, even if it is efficient, and much of it isn’t even necessarily good, but damned if I can’t stop watching it.”
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Almost There (opens rcmnd.app)