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John Joseph Adams

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John Joseph Adams is the series editor of BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY. He is also the bestselling editor of many other anthologies, such as ROBOT UPRISINGS, DEAD MAN'S HAND, BRAVE NEW WORLDS,WASTELANDS, and THE LIVING DEAD. Recent and forthcoming books include WHAT THE #@&% IS THAT?, OPERATION ARCANA, PRESS START TO PLAY, LOOSED UPON THE WORLD, and THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH (consisting of THE END IS NIGH, THE END IS NOW, and THE END HAS COME). Called “the reigning king of the anthology world” by Barnes & Noble, John is a two-time winner of the Hugo Award (for which he has been nominated nine times), is a seven-time World Fantasy Award finalist, and served as a judge for the 2015 National Book Award. John is also the editor and ...more

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Average rating: 3.93 · 88,054 ratings · 8,848 reviews · 346 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Introduction), Stephen King (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Robert J. Sawyer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.38 avg rating — 21,437 ratings — published 2009 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse (Wastelands #1) by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cory Doctorow (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), George R.R. Martin (Contributor) 3.76 avg rating — 10,332 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Living Dead (The Living Dead, #1) by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joe Hill (Goodreads Author), George R.R. Martin 3.85 avg rating — 9,174 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End is Nigh (The Apocalypse Triptych, #1) by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Hugh Howey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ben H. Winters (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.90 avg rating — 3,295 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brave New Worlds by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cory Doctorow (Goodreads Author), Paolo Bacigalupi (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 2,618 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Living Dead 2 (The Living Dead, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 2,419 ratings — published 2010 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Epic: Legends of Fantasy by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brent Weeks (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Paolo Bacigalupi (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 2,164 ratings — published 2010 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End is Now (The Apocalypse Triptych, #2) by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author), Hugh Howey (Goodreads Author), Scott Sigler (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 1,951 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.62 avg rating — 1,790 ratings — published 2013 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End Has Come (The Apocalypse Triptych, #3) by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charlie Jane Anders (Goodreads Author), Megan Arkenberg (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 1,530 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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NEWS: APOCALYPSE SEVEN by Gene Doucette Acquired for John Joseph Adams Books (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

In my role as editor of John Joseph Adams Books for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’m please to announce a new acquisition for the imprint. Here’s the deal memo that just ran on Publishers Marketplace:

Gene Doucette’s APOCALYPSE SEVEN, about seven strangers who have woken up to a world without power or people who will have to learn how to survive long enough to figure out how they managed to sleep

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Wastelands (3 books)
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John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author) (contributor),

Richard Kadrey (Goodreads Author) (contributor),

Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author) (contributor),

Tananarive Due (Goodreads Author) (contributor),

Seanan McGuire (Goodreads Author) (contributor),

Carmen Maria Machado (Goodreads Author) (contributor),

Hugh Howey (Goodreads Author) (contributor),

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3.76 avg rating — 12,505 ratings

The Living Dead (2 books)
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John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (editor)

3.87 avg rating — 11,594 ratings

Skull-Faced (2 books)
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John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (editor)

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The Apocalypse Triptych (3 books)
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John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

Charlie Jane Anders (Goodreads Author),

Megan Arkenberg (Goodreads Author),

Chris Avellone,

Elizabeth Bear (Goodreads Author),

Annie Bellet (Goodreads Author),

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Jamie Ford (Goodreads Author),

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3.89 avg rating — 6,776 ratings

Maddie (3 books)
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Charlie Jane Anders (Goodreads Author),

Megan Arkenberg (Goodreads Author),

Chris Avellone,

Elizabeth Bear (Goodreads Author),

Annie Bellet (Goodreads Author),

Tananarive Due (Goodreads Author),

Jamie Ford (Goodreads Author),

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3.89 avg rating — 6,776 ratings

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“They almost killed me.” “I guess they didn’t.”
― John Joseph Adams, Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse

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“They say you can’t remember pain—the fact of it, yes, but the truth of it, the physical texture of agony? Gone and forgotten. Which makes it easy to forget that pain hurts, that the wounded life isn’t always worth living.”
― John Joseph Adams, The End is Nigh

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“It is only when we have the courage to face things exactly as they are, without any self-deception or illusion, that a light will develop out of events, by which the path to success may be recognized.”
― John Joseph Adams, The End is Now

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Preliminary Poll of November 2019 Science Fiction Book of the Month

Artemis by Andy Weir

15 votes, 22.1%

Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky

15 votes, 22.1%

Excession by Iain M. Banks

9 votes, 13.2%

Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds

9 votes, 13.2%

A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers edited by Victor LaValle & John Joseph Adams

7 votes, 10.3%

Will Save the Galaxy for Food by Yahtzee Croshaw

6 votes, 8.8%

Tau Zero by Poul Anderson

4 votes, 5.9%

The January Dancer by Michael Flynn

3 votes, 4.4%

68 total votes

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