John Michael Scalzi II (born May 10, 1969) is an American science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He is best known for his Old Man's War series, three novels of which have been nominated for the Hugo Award, and for his blog Whatever, where he has written on a number of topics since 1998. He won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 2008 based predominantly on that blog, which he has also used for several charity drives. He has written non-fiction books and columns on diverse topics such as finance, video games, films, astronomy, writing and politics, and served as a creative consultant for the TV series Stargate Universe.
His novel Redshirts won the Hugo Award for Best Novel; his novels The Collapsing Empire and The Kaiju Preservation Society have both won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
llegir més...El 10 de maig de 1969 era un dissabte sota el signe estrella de ♉. Era el 129 dia de l'any. El president dels Estats Units era Richard M. Nixon.
Si vas néixer aquest dia, tens 57 anys. El teu darrer aniversari va ser el diumenge, 10 de maig de 2026, fa 28 dies. El teu proper aniversari és el dilluns, 10 de maig de 2027, d'aquí a 336 dies. Heu viscut durant 20.847 dies, o unes 500.333 hores, o uns 30.019.998 minuts, o uns 1.801.199.880 segons.
Date: 10 May 1969
Brit adm cuts prison sentence of Hong Kong Chinese reporter and those of 11 other Chinese imprisoned during '67 violence; move raises hopes that A Grey, Reuters correspondent, may soon be freed from house arrest in Peking
Date: 10 May 1969
By VARTANIG G. VARTAN
Vartanig VARTAN
Date: 11 May 1969
students seeking inst reforms get strong backing from RC Ch
Date: 11 May 1969
Tex tourist officials set up 10 auto trails in various secs of state; list; 578-mi Hill Country Trail in central Tex detailed; map
Date: 10 May 1969
Special to The New York Times
Czech-language, Soviet propaganda newspaper Zpravy ceases publication; Czech-Soviet amity extolled by USSR Amb Chervonenko and Czech Presidium member J Piller in ss marking liberation anniv
Date: 10 May 1969
Special to The New York Times
MacGregor, Theodore Douglas
Date: 10 May 1969
Ind TV News hires as space commentator P Haney, recently resigned from NASA (US)
Date: 11 May 1969
Special to The New York Times
Caritas Internatl pres Msgr Rodhaim appeals for peaceful settlement; warns prolongation of war would threaten lives of hundreds of thousands of Biafran children
Date: 10 May 1969
By THOMAS A. BRADY
Thomas BRADY
Black Panther party leaders hold news conf at Riverside Ch to deny they had role in bomb threat against ch by anonymous caller who supported Forman demands and claimed to be Panther; they support Forman demands