The Android's Dream

Description

A human diplomat creates an interstellar incident when he kills an alien diplomat in a most unusual way. To avoid war, Earth's government must find an equally unusual object: a type of sheep used in the alien race's coronation ceremony. To find the sheep, the government turns to Harry Creek, ex-cop, war hero, and hacker extraordinaire, who, with the help of a childhood friend turned artificial intelligence, scours the earth for the rare creature. Others have plans for the sheep as well. The military. Adherents of a secret religion based on the writings of a twenty-first century SF author. And alien races eager to start a revolution on their home world and a war on Earth. To keep our planet from being enslaved, Harry will have to pull off a grand diplomatic coup. There's only one chance to get it right, to save the life of the sheep and to protect the future of humanity.

John Scalzi is one of the most popular SF authors to emerge in the last decade. 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, and Redshirts (which won the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel). Material from his blog, Whatever (whatever.scalzi.com), has also earned him two other Hugo Awards. Scalzi also serves as critic-at-large for the Los Angeles Times. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.

Praise for The Android's Dream With plenty of alien gore to satisfy fans of military SF and inventive jabs at pretend patriotism and self-serving civil service, Scalzi delivers an effervescent but intelligent romp. --Publishers Weekly The whip-smart writing exudes his enjoyment in such a way that almost guarantees the reader will take pleasure in the story as well....Humor is hard to do well; it has to be natural, non-intrusive and funny at the same time. Scalzi pulls it off exceptionally well. --SFSignal.com This novel reads like prime-period Robert A. Heinlein, cyber-charged for the 21st century. ...just a whole lot of old-fashioned SF fun....Highly, and enthusiastically, recommended. --SF Site Praise for John Scalzi Provocative and unexpected. --The Wall Street Journal on The Collapsing Empire Scalzi continues to be almost insufferably good at his brand of fun but think-y sci-fi adventure. --Kirkus Reviews on The Collapsing Empire "John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today." -Joe Hill If anyone stands at the core of the American science fiction tradition at the moment, it is Scalzi. --The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Third Edition Scalzi is a master at creating appealing commercial fiction. --Kirkus Reviews, starred review, on Lock In