Free Speculative Fiction Online: John Scalzi

John Scalzi

Winner of one Hugo (and nominated for 8 more).

Nominated for one Nebula.

(These numbers refer to awards for best novel, novella, novelette and short story only! Other awards, including the Retro Hugos, are not covered)

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Award-winning fiction:

Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas (Tor, 2012)
Hugo for Best Novel 2013.
A novel.

Not freely available online!

Award-nominated fiction:

This list is limited to the Hugo Awards, the Nebula Awards, and the World Fantasy Awards. See here for further awards.

Old Man’s War (Tor, 2005)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2006.
Isfdb:

Not freely available online!

The Last Colony (Tor, 2007)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2008.
Isfdb:
A novel.

Not freely available online!

Zoe’s Tale (Tor, 2008)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2009.
Isfdb:

Not freely available online!

The God Engines (Subterranean, 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2010.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novella 2009.
Isfdb:

Not freely available online!

The Shadow War of the Night Dragons, Book One: The Dead City (Tor.com, April 2011)
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 2012.
Review: Isfdb:
Prologue of an imaginary novel, written as an April Fool’s prank.

The Collapsing Empire (Tor, 2017)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2018.
Isfdb:

Not freely available online!

The Kaiju Preservation Society (Tor, 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2023.
Isfdb:
A novel.

Not freely available online!

Starter Villain (Tor, 2023)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2024.
Isfdb:

Not freely available online!

Other fiction online:

Alien Animal Encounters (Strange Horizons, October 2001)
Alternate link.
Isfdb:

Agent to the Stars (Subterranean, 2005)
Isfdb:
A novel.

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

The Sagan Diary (Subterranean Online, Fall 2007)
Isfdb:

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

How I Proposed to My Wife: An Alien Sex Story (Subterranean Press, 2007)
Isfdb:

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

After the Coup (Tor.com, August 2008)
Available as part of this magazine.
Isfdb:

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

The President’s Brain is Missing (Tor.com, July 2010)
Reviews: Isfdb:

Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden’s Syndrome (Tor.com, May 2014)
Reviews: Isfdb:

Free Speculative Fiction Online

John Scalzi

Award-winning fiction:

Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas (Tor, 2012)

Award-nominated fiction:

Old Man’s War (Tor, 2005)

The Last Colony (Tor, 2007)

Zoe’s Tale (Tor, 2008)

The God Engines (Subterranean, 2009)

The Shadow War of the Night Dragons, Book One: The Dead City (Tor.com, April 2011)

The Collapsing Empire (Tor, 2017)

The Kaiju Preservation Society (Tor, 2022)

Starter Villain (Tor, 2023)

Other fiction online:

Alien Animal Encounters (Strange Horizons, October 2001)

Agent to the Stars (Subterranean, 2005)

The Sagan Diary (Subterranean Online, Fall 2007)

How I Proposed to My Wife: An Alien Sex Story (Subterranean Press, 2007)

After the Coup (Tor.com, August 2008)

The President’s Brain is Missing (Tor.com, July 2010)

Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden’s Syndrome (Tor.com, May 2014)