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Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) - John Scalzi
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
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John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army.The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce-and aliens willing to fight for them are common. The universe,... show more
John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army.The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce-and aliens willing to fight for them are common. The universe, it turns out, is a hostile place. So: we fight. To defend Earth (a target for our new enemies, should we let them get close enough) and to stake our own claim to planetary real estate. Far from Earth, the war has gone on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding.Earth itself is a backwater. The bulk of humanity's resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force, which shields the home planet from too much knowledge of the situation. What's known to everybody is that when you reach retirement age, you can join the CDF. They don't want young people; they want people who carry the knowledge and skills of decades of living. You'll be taken off Earth and never allowed to return. You'll serve your time at the front. And if you survive, you'll be given a generous homestead stake of your own, on one of our hard-won colony planets.John Perry is taking that deal. He has only the vaguest idea what to expect. Because the actual fight, light-years from home, is far, far harder than he can imagine-and what he will become is far stranger.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780765309402 (0765309408)
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Science Fiction
Series: Old Man's War (#1)
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lqlarry
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3.0 Old Man's War by John Scalzi
Old Man's War is the 1st book of a series by John Scalzi called Old Man's War. I plan to read the series through to the last book available but I'm not sure if I'll read the novellas. Old Man's War is written around the life of John Perry starting on his 75th birthday. The day he starts his two-ye...
Libromancer's Apprentice
Libromancer's Apprentice rated it
4.0 [Book Review] Old Man's War
Old Man's War / John Scalzi July has proven to be a horrible month for me, so I went for a light read as the Virtual Speculation pick. Old Man's War is a light military SF read, written in a similar tradition of Starship Troopers, but it also manages to act as both a tribute and satire. In genera...
Debbie's Spurts
Debbie's Spurts rated it
4.0 Review of "Old Man's War" by John Scalzi
Bottom line: I am going to read more in this series. I loved it. I'm not sure I should have been as amused as I was -- and the book did take almost nearly to the end to get more serious with more involvement in the characters. The military aspect, colonization policies, ... all serious stuff ma...
Arbie's Unoriginally Titled Book Blog
Arbie's Unoriginally Titled Book Blog rated it
3.0 Old Man's War, John Scalzi
I'm not sure what to make of this. I'm not sure the world really needed another Starship Troopers or even another anti-Starship Troopers and I don't even know which this is. The characters discuss whether the endless conflicts with all and sundry are really necessary or not but the genuine political...
Evaine's Books, Books and More Books
Evaine's Books, Books and More Books rated it
3.5 Old Man's War by John Scalzi - My Thoughts
I've been eyeing Scalzi's work for a while, but not being a huge sci-fi fan, I've always tended to pass over his books. But after getting hooked on the TV shows The Expanse and Dark Matter, and reading the first of the Expanse books and loving it, I decided - after a quick check with some long time...
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