New Releases by John Scalzi

The tenth episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi''s new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man''s War. Beginning on January 15, 2013, a new episode of The Human Division will appear in e-book form every Tuesday. Colonial Union diplomat Hart Schmidt is back home for Harvest Day celebrations—to a family whose members wonder whether its youngest son isn''t wasting his life clinging to the lowest rung of the CU''s diplomatic ladder. When his father, a legendarily powerful politician, presents him with a compelling offer, Schmidt has to take stock of his life and career. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The ninth episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi''s new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man''s War. Beginning on January 15, 2013, a new episode of The Human Division will appear in e-book form every Tuesday. In an effort to improve relations with the Earth, the Colonial Union has invited a contingent of diplomats from that planet to observe Ambassador Abumwe negotiate a trade deal with an alien species. Then something very bad happens to one of the Earthings, and with that, the relationship between humanity''s two factions is on the cusp of disruption once more. It''s a race to find out what really happened, and who is to blame. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The eighth episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi''s new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man''s War. Beginning on January 15, 2013, a new episode of The Human Division will appear in e-book form every Tuesday. The Colonial Defense Forces usually protect humanity from alien attack, but now the stability of the Colonial Union has been threatened, and Lieutenant Heather Lee and her squad are called to squash a rebellion on a colony world. It seems simple enough—but there''s a second act to the rebellion that finds Lee captive, alone, and armed with only her brains to survive. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The seventh episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi''s new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man''s War. Beginning on January 15, 2013, a new episode of The Human Division will appear in e-book form every Tuesday. CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson has one simple task: Watch an ambassador''s dog while the diplomat is conducting sensitive negotiations with an alien race. But you know dogs—always getting into something. And when this dog gets into something that could launch an alien civil war, Wilson has to find a way to solve the conflict, fast, or be the one in the Colonial Union''s doghouse. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The sixth episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi''s new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man''s War. Beginning on January 15, 2013, a new episode of The Human Division will appear in e-book form every Tuesday. The Conclave is a confederation of four hundred alien races—many of whom would like to see the Colonial Union, and the humans inside of it, blasted to extinction. To avoid a conflict that neither side can afford, Conclave leader General Tarsem Gau appoints Hafte Sorvalh to resolve an emerging diplomatic crisis with the humans, before the only acceptable solution is war. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The fifth episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi''s new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man''s War. Beginning on January 15, 2013, a new episode of The Human Division will appear in e-book form every Tuesday. Captain Sophia Coloma of the Clarke has a simple task: Ferry around representatives from Earth in an aging spaceship that the Colonial Union hopes to sell to them. But nothing is as simple as it seems, and Coloma discovers the ship she''s showing off holds suprises of its own...and it''s not the only one with secrets. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The fourth episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi''s new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man''s War. Beginning on January 15, 2013, a new episode of The Human Division will appear in e-book form every Tuesday. Albert Birnbaum was once one of the biggest political talk show hosts around, but these days he''s watching his career enter a death spiral. A stranger offers a solution to his woes, promising to put him back on top. It''s everything Birnbaum wants, but is there a catch? And does Birnbaum actually care if there is? At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The third episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi''s new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man''s War. Beginning on January 15, 2013, a new episode of The Human Division will appear in e-book form every Tuesday. CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson has been loaned out to a CDF platoon tasked with secretly removing an unauthorized colony of humans on an alien world. Colonial Ambassador Abumwe has been ordered to participate in final negotiations with an alien race the Union hopes to make allies. Wilson and Abumwe''s missions are fated to cross—and in doing so, place both missions at risk of failure. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The opening episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi''s new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man''s War. Beginning on January 15, 2013, a new episode of The Human Division will appear in e-book form every Tuesday. Colonial Union Ambassador Ode Abumwe and her team are used to life on the lower end of the diplomatic ladder. But when a high-profile diplomat goes missing, Abumwe and her team are last minute replacements on a mission critical to the Colonial Union''s future. As the team works to pull off their task, CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson discovers there''s more to the story of the missing diplomats than anyone expected...a secret that could spell war for humanity. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Traducido a más de 14 idiomas y ganador de los premios más prestigiosos de la ciencia ficción. Harry Creek es un funcionario de bajo nivel del Departamento de Estado con un trabajo nada agradable: transmitir malas noticias a los embajadores alienígenas en la Tierra. Pero también es un héroe de guerra y un habilidoso hacker. Así que cuando la Tierra se enfrenta a su destrucción a causa de una metedura de pata diplomática con los nidu, una raza alienígena muy superior a la nuestra, Harry deberá localizar lo único que puede salvar a nuestro planeta de ser esclavizado por los alienígenas: una oveja. Sí, han leído bien. Una oveja. Y si creen que esto es lo más sorprendente de este libro, esperen a leer el primer capítulo. Para salir airoso de su misión, Harry contará con la ayuda de Robin Baker, la propietaria de una tienda de animales. Juntos deberán dar esquinazo a los asesinos enviados por el Departamento de Defensa y a los marines espaciales nidu. Pero hay más gente interesada en la oveja, como los discípulos de la Iglesia del Cordero Evolucionado, fundada por un escritor de ciencia ficción del siglo XXI, unos mercenarios que juegan a dos bandas y una inteligencia artificial con un pasado de lo más misterioso. Todo en un día de trabajo. Quizá sea el momento de que Harry Creek pida un aumento de sueldo.

Una novela de ciencia ficción del premiado autor de género.. John Perry y Jane Sagan han encontrado la paz junto a su hija adoptiva Zoë en el planeta colonial Huckleberry. Es una buena vida, pero sienten que les falta... algo. Por eso, cuando se les propone liderar una nueva colonia, John y Jane no pueden resistir la tentación de explorar el universo una vez más. Pero cuando los colonos son abandonados en un planeta desconocido, Perry descubre que nada es lo que parece. Él y su nueva colonia son simples peones en la confrontación entre la Unión Colonial humana y la confederación alienígena denominada el Cónclave, que pretende frenar la colonización humana. Mientras la partida se decide, Perry deberá proteger a sus colonos de la amenaza que suponen ambos bandos y mantenerlos con vida en un planeta que esconde sus propios secretos. Al mismo tiempo intentará prevenir una guerra que podría significar no sólo la destrucción de su nuevo hogar, sino también la aniquilación de toda la Unión Colonial.

Sigue la historia más grande de la galaxia contada por su protagonista Zoë y escrita por el destacado autor John Scalzi. ¿Cómo cuentas tu participación en el relato más grande de la historia? Lo pregunto porque es lo que tengo que hacer. Soy Zoë Boutin-Perry: miembro de una colonia aislada en un letal mundo pionero. Sagrado icono de una raza de alienígenas. Jugadora y peón en una partida de ajedrez interestelar para salvar a la humanidad, o para verla caer. Testigo de la historia. Amiga. Hija. Humana. Diecisiete años. Todos en la Tierra conocen la historia de la que formo parte. Pero no conocen mi propia historia: cómo hice lo que hice, lo que tuve que hacer, no sólo para seguir viva, sino para que vosotros también siguierais con vida. Ahora me dispongo a contarlo, todo, de la única forma que sé: directa y sincera, para que sintáis lo que yo sentí; la alegría y la incertidumbre, el pánico y el asombro, la desesperación y la esperanza. Todo a través de mis ojos. Ya conocéis esta historia. Pero no la conocéis toda.

Primer libro de la serie del premiado autor de ciencia ficción John Scalzi. Tras haber vivido una vida relativamente tranquila en la Tierra y el mismo día en que cumplen setenta y cinco años, 1.022 ancianos se enrolan en las Fuerzas de Defensa Coloniales, el ejército que lucha por la supervivencia de la humanidad en el universo. La vida en la Tierra transcurre sin demasiados contratiempos. Sin embargo, en el universo se está librando una guerra sin cuartel por los últimos planetas todavía deshabitados de la galaxia. El ejército que defiende la causa de la humanidad está formado por ancianos. Ancianos a los que se les da el cuerpo de un joven de veinte años. Sin perder un ápice de los conocimientos y experiencias de su vida anterior, sus nuevos cuerpos les harán redescubrir sensaciones que la vejez había sumido en el olvido, sentirán de nuevo el vigor de la juventud, la atracción, el deseo y el sexo recobrarán sentido. Sin embargo, el precio que pagarán por semejante regalo es alto: viajarán a un lugar remoto e inhóspito donde lo único importante será luchar y tratar de sobrevivir. Y nunca se les dará la posibilidad de regresar a la Tierra. John Scalzi es uno de los autores de ciencia ficción de mayor prestigio a nivel internacional. Ganador del Premio Hugo por su novela Redshirts, ha sido nominado en varias ocasiones a los premios Hugo, Locus y Nebula. La vieja guardia, cuyo primer libro fue nominado en 2006 a un Premio Hugo, es su serie más famosa, donde maneja space opera y humor con gran maestría.

In this sequel to the best-selling Uncle John’s Presents Book of the Dumb, guest author John Scalzi casts a wide net to bring readers more mind-boggling dumbosities perpetrated by dumb-doers. This time, to prove that dumb-nastics are not a modern phenomenon, Scalzi digs into the past to unearth some of history’s most ill-advised blunders. The lesson: Dumb is as dumb does. And you’ll be smarter for reading it.

From the bestselling, award-winning author of Old Man's War, a novel that answers the question: What happens when all the expendable ensigns on the exploring starship start comparing notes?

Old Man's War author John Scalzi's sendup of the heroic fantasy genre, a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story. An over-the-top, humorous short story representing the prologue for a "future" book (written as an April Fool's Joke) published on Tor.com. The title of the series and book was created from an amalgamation of the most commonly used words in fantasy and science fiction novels over the previous decade. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

THEY WERE EXPENDABLE . . . UNTIL THEY STARTED COMPARING NOTES A free preview of Redshirts, the astonishing new science-fiction yarn from John Scalzi. "Redshirts is (a) ruin-your-underwear funny, (b) a mind-bender sure to Philip K. Dick you over, and (c) absurdly rich in ideas and feeling. John Scalzi sets his imagination to STUN and scores a direct hit. Read on and prosper." - Joe Hill, New York Times-bestselling author of Heart-Shaped Box 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. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

From the author of the bestselling Old Man's War sequence and the Hugo Award-winning "Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded" comes a new and major work of hard-SF adventure.

Tras varios años de duro trabajo en el planeta Zarathustra, la suerte de Jack Holloway cambia cuando descubre una veta repleta de un mineral de valor incalculable. Jack consigue asociarse con la empresa ZaraCorp para que ésta se encargue de las labores de extracción a cambio de un porcentaje de los beneficios. Pero todo se complica cuando un ser bípedo y peludo, encantador, confiado y ridículamente mono, se cuela en su cabaña, seguido, poco después, por el resto de su familia. Poco a poco Jack se va dando cuenta de que los pequeños seres son inteligentes, y que, por tanto, pueden suponer un grave inconveniente para ZaraCorp, que no podría explotar el planeta si se demostrara que lo habitan seres sintientes. Jack sabe que la corporación no se detendrá ante nada para eliminar a los «peludos» antes de que su existencia pase a ser de conocimiento público, pero ¿será capaz de renunciar a una suculenta comisión por demostrar que los peludos son seres inteligentes y, por tanto, los legítimos amos de su hogar?

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The question is, how can you tell the President''s brain is missing? And are we sure we need it back? At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

"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 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."--BOOK JACKET.

In a universe of harsh interstellar conflict, the practice of interspecies diplomacy—when possible—is important. So being a Colonial Union officer attached to an interplanetary diplomatic mission sometimes means taking a fall. Literally. John Scalzi's Old Man's War was one of the most popular SF debut novels of the last decade; its sequels are The Ghost Brigades, The Last Colony,and Zoe's Tale. Other novels include The Android's Dream and Agent to the Stars. His collection of material from his weblog The Whatever, Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded, won the Hugo Award in 2009. He won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2006, and was elected President of the Science Fiction Writers of America in 2010. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Los exploradores espaciales yherajk han venido a la Tierra para conocernos y así entablar la primera amistad interestelar con la humanidad. Sólo hay un inconveniente: tienen un aspecto espantoso y huelen a pescado en mal estado. Conseguir la confianza de los terrícolas supone todo un desafío y los yherajk necesitan a alguien que les ayude a llevar a cabo dicha empresa. Y si alguien sabe algo sobre ganarse la confianza de sus clientes, ése es Thomas Stein, uno de los jóvenes agentes más prometedores de Hollywood. Pero aunque Stein acaba de cerrar el trato más importante de su carrera, complacer a toda una raza alienígena no será tan fácil. Esta vez tendrá que recurrir a los mejores trucos de su repertorio para ganarse su comisión.

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 Wheaton 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) At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.