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The audiobook version of fuzzy nation won the audie award for best science fiction novel. Fuzzy nation john scalzi on the human colony planet zara xxiii, painintheass contract surveyor jack holloway is fired for letting his dog set off explosives again just before the explosives uncover a massive trove of tremendously valuable sunstones. From new york times bestseller and hugo awardwinner john scalzi, an extraordinary retelling of. Apr 24, 2012 then along comes john scalzi who might be the first person to reboot an entire novel seriesmilieu with fuzzy nation. Free shipping get free shipping free 58 day shipping within the u. Fuzzy nation from new york times bestseller and hugo awardwinner john scalzi, a trade paperback repackage of his extraordinary retelling of the sf classic little fuzzy now with a new cover zaracorp holds the right to extract unlimited resources from the verdant planet zarathustraas long as the planet is certifiably free of native sentients.
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Leave it to john scalzi, contrarian, genre aficionado and bold pioneer, to attempt such a thing, and upon one of the fields bestloved franchises, h. Mar 27, 2012 john scalzi is the author of several sf novels, including the bestselling old mans war sequence, comprising old mans war, the ghost brigades, and the last colony. Readers will race through this novel and demand more at the end. Scalzi attended the university of chicago, during which time he was editorinchief for the chicago maroon. These new editions come with spiffy new covers, which all share type treatment with redshirts, my other standalone novel in trade paperback dress.
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