A Book Haul From Two Johns

I just got my copy of The Human Division by John Scalzi, so of course that means I'll be posting the weekly episodes here from this point forward. If you're wondering what I'm referring to, The Human Division has been serialized - each "episode" or chapter comes out every week through April (Here's the schedule). At the end of that time, it will be published as the book you can see above. (Also, if it's unclear that I'm joking about posting the episodes, I'm joking.)

I think the claim is funny that it's a new and innovative format that's being "experiment[ed]" with. Because books have never been serialized ever...not even Scalzi's own first two novels, oh wait. I guess I have to give them that it's not a thing that's done as often anymore, so I guess it's an experiment to see if it still works, which I'm sure it will. Scalzi's just a fun author no matter how you read him.

As to the other John, I'm extremely excited about this one:

Front Cover

John Marco took a break for a little while, partially on purpose and partially because his editor didn't read his manuscript for a couple years. I'm very excited to see him back in the game. This book continues the story of the Bronze Knight, which began in the trilogy, The Eyes of God, The Devil's Armor, and The Sword of Angels.

Marco's work in progress at the moment is blowing my mind with awesome too. It's titled The Bloody Chorus, which already has me sold, but you gotta read some of the description and the six sentences he posted. It's brilliant, I can tell already. Like I said, I'm very happy he's back.

Free on Audible! The Human Division, Episode 1: The B-Team by John Scalzi

I just got this news in my inbox and thought I'd better share, especially since the first thing I did was go to Audible and download this. Sorry, you guys came second, but that shows how much I'm looking forward to this.

To download The Human Division, Episode 1: The B-Team by John Scalzi:

NEWS FROM AUDIBLE  

"The Human Division," John Scalzi's eagerly awaited return to the "Old Man's War" universe, is available at Audible beginning today, January 15. Even more exciting, the first installment of this innovative "episodic narrative" will be available free via Audible's Facebook page. Episodes 2-13 are available for pre-order and will be released weekly, for $.99 each, through April; fans who choose to pre-order all 12 remaining episodes will automatically receive a new installment of "The Human Division" in their Audible library each Tuesday through April 9. For more information see here: http://bit.ly/HumanDivisionFREE. 

Here is a sample of the audiobook:



As a quick update, I'm back into bar studying mode, which means posting will be sporadic at best. I mentioned this in passing a couple weeks ago, but I didn't pass the first time and that means I get to study for 10 hours a day for a couple months and take a test that only lasts 3 days...again! The California bar has a 55% pass rate, but this time I'll get it. :) I have a few reviews almost ready to go up, one of those completed and sent to sffaudio.com, which I'll link to here.