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Fuzzy Nation Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
reviewed by Trent Walters
Jack Holloway is a loveable rogue who trains his dog to blow up a cliff-side full of nesting birds in order to unveil a possible vein of sunstones -- a mood-ring kind of jewel that rivals the beauty and value of diamonds. However, an immediate call from Zarathustra Corporation tells Jack that his disregard for ecological impact has canceled his contract and kicked him off the planet. Zarathustra starts singing a different tune as soon as it turns out Jack's hunch was correct.

The God Engines The God Engines by John Scalzi
reviewed by Trent Walters
Ean Tephe is a starship captain whose engine is a god, unruly and kept in iron chains, which doesn't keep him from killing tormentors whom he fools despite his bonds. Three types of iron exist and inflict damage on gods depending on the number of times it has been forged in fire: third-made binds, second hurts, first kills. Although Tephe believes in the god that has enslaved the god of his engine, he has to play good-cop, use diplomacy, yet reluctantly apply cruelty when necessary.

Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded by John Scalzi
reviewed by Rich Horton
Rich has to admit that before writing this review he had to go into his house's smallest room to retrieve the book. But not because he was using the individual pages! Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded is perfect bathroom reading: it's composed of short, sharp, essays on a vast variety of subjects, readable in any order, and enjoyable in brief snippets.

The God Engines The God Engines by John Scalzi
reviewed by Peter D. Tillman
John Scalzi tries something new with this long novella. He calls it dark fantasy, but it's really more science-fantasy -- the action is largely aboard an FTL starship, and the setting is an interstellar religious empire. The title is literally true.

The Android's Dream The Android's Dream by John Scalzi
reviewed by John Enzinas
The story starts off with a carefully orchestrated political incident. This leads to the breakdown of a relationship between Earth and its closest alien supporter. This is happening in parallel with the eradication of a genetically modified breed of sheep needed by these aliens as part of a governmental confirmation ceremony.

Agent to the Stars Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi
reviewed by Michael M Jones
The good news: There's intelligent life out there, and they've come to Earth to meet us. They're friendly, and eager to get to know us. The bad news: They resemble gelatinous cubes, and communicate amongst themselves by means of odor. In short, they're ugly and smelly. And they've familiarized themselves with our popular culture, and let's face it, the "good" aliens never look like ambulatory Jell-O or smell like wet dog farts in summer.

Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded by John Scalzi
reviewed by John Enzinas
Those of you who are not blog fans or who don't spend much time on the web may not be aware that John Scalzi has a blog called Whatever where he posts thoughts, opinions and rants every day and has done so for 10 years (as of Sept 13, 2008). The thing about having an archive of thousands of essays is that no matter how skilled the author is overall, the odds of finding his best stuff is pretty poor, unless you have someone to point you at the good bits.

The Android's Dream The Android's Dream by John Scalzi
reviewed by Peter D. Tillman
Harry Creek had the misfortune of being an infantryman in Earth's biggest military defeat of the 21st century. His best friend's brother died in his arms during the retreat. Now Harry's kind of drifting, but he's about to get a short, sharp shock.... Robin Baker runs a small pet shop on the outskirts of Washington, D.C. She's leading a dull-normal suburban life, but she's about to meet Harry, on a truly memorable first date....

You're Not Fooling Anyone When You Take Your Laptop to a Coffee Shop: Scalzi on Writing You're Not Fooling Anyone When You Take Your Laptop to a Coffee Shop: Scalzi on Writing by John Scalzi
reviewed by Paul Kincaid
Pundits are getting younger. Time was when it was a writer in the pomp of his career who would deign to dispense tidbits of advice to the young scribblers coming up; or at least a decent midlist author at some hiatus in mid-career who would plug a gap between books with a little 'how to' volume. But John Scalzi is barely past his Campbell Award, and to judge from everything he tells us in this book there is no looming hiatus in his career.

Old Man's War Old Man's War by John Scalzi
reviewed by Stuart Carter
On his 75th birthday John Perry does two things: he visits his wife's grave, then he enlists in the army. Fortunately for him, this being at some unspecified (but not terribly distant) point in the future, he doesn't have to impose gunpoint democracy and secure oil supplies; rather he gets taken up into earth orbit via a space elevator and shipped off to join the Colonial Defense Forces, fighting and dying to win a place for mankind in a remarkably busy and even more remarkably hostile galaxy.

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