Company has developed a program I like and would buy but it's tied into a subscription model that in aggregate is mostly services I don't want and costs more than the value I would get from it I guess what I'm saying is this company has now lost a sale twice, but that's their model now I suppose

I'm having a good evening

Today's the day that The Shattering Peace, the new book in the Old Man's War universe, is out in North America (UK, you have two more days). I wrote it to be enjoyable to new readers as well as old hands to the series. I hope you'll pick it up at your favorite bookseller! I'm also on tour in the US: https://us.macmillan.com/tours/john-scalzi-the-shattering-peace/ You can also get signed books from me, by ordering from the bookstores above, or from Subterranean Press, which also ships internationally:

Subterranean Press

The Shattering Peace

Subterranean Press creates readable art, publishing limited editions and groundbreaking original works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

I understand quote posting is coming to Mastodon, and when the functionality arrives I will probably use it BUT I want to be clear to everyone that when I am quoting someone else's post I am not doing to dunk but simply because I want to make my comment more generally available. If I see people use my quote as an invitation to be shitty to the person I'm quoting, I'll likely block them for it. Please never be an asshole on my behalf. Thank you in advance for honoring my wishes.

We've made it to another Friday, and here is a new set of books and ARCs that have come to the Scalzi Compound. What here is piquing your interest?

JUST A SINGLE WEEK exists between today and the official release of The Shattering Peace! You can still pre-order from your favorite bookseller, or come see me on my US tour! Dates and ticket information are at the link! https://us.macmillan.com/tours/john-scalzi-the-shattering-peace/

Oh, well, this is interesting

Anthropic Judge Blasts $1.5 Billion AI Copyright Settlement (2)

The federal judge overseeing Anthropic PBC’s proposed $1.5 billion copyright settlement is concerned class lawyers are striking a deal behind the...

Yeah, Musk will become a trillionaire if Tesla, whose stock price is currently 70% of its market peak and who has seen consistently dropping sales due its CEO being a ketamine-fueled fascist dingleberry, manages to get to a market cap eight times its current valuation, so, bold move, Cotton, let's see how it plays out "Tesla proposes Elon Musk pay package that could make him the world’s first trillionaire" https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/business/elon-musk-tesla-new-pay-package

Reminder: The Shattering Peace, my next novel and the 7th installment in the Old Man's War series, is out two weeks from today! Still time to pre-order from your favorite bookstore, and to plan to see me on my US book tour! Here's the link with all the tour info:

Whatever

The Shattering Peace Tour Dates + Other Remaining 2025 Appearances Now Live

I have a new book out in exactly one month(!!!), and as I usually do, I will celebrate the release by hurling myself around the country with a book...

Over on Whatever today, I write on the Pixel 10 Pro's "Pro-Res Zoom" and how that "AI"-generated zoom feature is not creating photos, but illustrations, some of which have not much to do with actual reality, and what that means for taking photos with the phone:

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Pictures, Not Photos: What’s Going On With the Pixel 10 Pro “Pro-Res Zoom”

For the new release of the Pixel 10 Pro (and the 10 Pro XL, which is mostly the same phone, just larger), Google has introduced something called th...