Monsters of Ohio - by John Scalzi (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Monsters of Ohio is a heartfelt exploration of a tentacular solution to the struggles of the modern world from the New York Times bestselling author of Starter Villain

In many ways Richland, Ohio is the same tiny, sleepy rural village it has been for the last 150 years: The same families, the same farms, the same heartland beliefs and traditions that have sustained it for generations. But right now times are especially hard, as social and economic forces inside and outside the community roil the surface of the once-placid town.

Richland, in other words, is primed to explode... just not the way that anyone anywhere could ever have expected. And when things do explode, well, that's when things start getting really weird.

Daniel Garvey left Richland decades back, to find his own way in the world. But when he is called back to his hometown to tie up some loose ends, he finds more going on than he bargained for, and is caught up in a sequence of events that will bring this tiny farm village to the attention of the entire world... and, perhaps, spell its doom.

OTHER TOR BOOKS BY JOHN SCALZI
Agent to the Stars
The Android's Dream
Fuzzy Nation
Redshirts
Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded:
A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008
The Kaiju Preservation Society
Starter Villain
When the Moon Hits Your Eye
THE OLD MAN'S WAR NOVELS
Old Man's War
The Ghost Brigades
The Last Colony
Zoë's Tale
The Human Division
The End of All Things
The Shattering Peace
THE LOCK IN SERIES
Lock In
Head On
Unlocked
THE INTERDEPENDENCY SEQUENCE
The Collapsing Empire
The Consuming Fire
The Last Emperox
EDITED BY JOHN SCALZI
Metatropolis

Review Quotes

Praise for John Scalzi:

"John Scalzi writes science fiction that is fun, intelligent, and irreverent. I haven't enjoyed science fiction this much in years." --Christopher Paolini, author of Eragon on Zoe's Tale

"John Scalzi is a fresh and appealing new voice, and Old Man's War is classic SF seen from a modern perspective." --Robert Charles Wilson on Old Man's War

"I enjoyed Old Man's War immensely... fast action, vivid characters, moral complexity and cool speculative physics, set in a future you almost want to live into, and a universe you sincerely hope you don't live in already." --Ken MacLeod on Old Man's War

"[Scalzi's] stories really deliver emotionally and that he has a tone of voice that is immediately warm, attractive and welcoming. You want to read his book, hear his story, and he seems to want to tell it to you." --Jonathan Strahan on Zoe's Tale

"How the hell do you make a book about turning the moon INTO CHEESE work? This shouldn't work! I will not stop being mad about this."--Mary Robinette Kowal on When the Moon Hits Your Eye

"Escapism full of guts and brains."--Ars Technica on The Collapsing Empire

"Irreverent and subversive...with James Bond-level bad guys set in the everyday trudge of corporate life a la The Office."--Entertainment Weekly on Starter Villain

About the Author

JOHN SCALZI is one of the most popular science fiction authors of his generation. His debut, Old Man's War, won him the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His New York Times bestsellers include The Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation, Redshirts (which won the Hugo Award for Best Novel), The Last Emperox, The Kaiju Preservation Society, and Starter Villain. Material from his blog, Whatever, has earned him two other Hugo Awards. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.