Liked it, really fun and engaging read. Not a sequel so much as a 2nd book taking place in the universe of the 1st. I didn't mind the switch to 3rd person here. Opening chapter is super engaging and fun. The 2nd chapter is heavy on Basil Exposition, dropping tons of science and history and technolog...
Like Old Man's War, fun science fiction. It's somewhat more emotional than the previous book and Scalzi's other books I've read. It's also more serious in its approach to its existential themes, though the themes themselves, particularly "what makes me human?" and "what makes me me?" recur across hi...
As y'all may have learned to expect from John Scalzi, this sequel to Old Man's War is quite entertaining. The battle scenes are as good as any in this list: The Forever War Starship Troopers Gateway The Mote in God's Eye.Though there's a bit too much of 'explaining' the technology and the alien cul...
Second in the Old Man's War series. John is entirely absent from the narrative and Jane is important but more peripherally. Really, this focuses on Jared Dirac, a Special Forces soldier with an even more complicated history than most of them. Scalzi's writing is great: fluid and nearly transparent, ...
2012 January 27 Scalzi incorporates some of the finest aspects of golden age scifi with a 21st century mindset. That makes his books not just guilt-free, but actually good for you. There's all the making-of-a-perfect-soldier, the training, the tactics, the interesting weapons, and interesting enem...
Perhaps twice a winter, I enjoy making a big pot of chili, suitable for snowy nights and bone chilling cold. I spend much of the morning slicing, dicing and simmering. Although I follow the same general recipe every time, on occasion it just doesn't turn out as savory. I don't know if I boiled inst...
I enjoy Scalzi's style and sense of universe more than any Sci-Fi writer since Asimov. I don't think this is necessarily his best work as it bogs down a bit too much in the middle, but all the same the sheer readability of it rare and his ability to seamlessly integrate the jargon of his universe w...
Not as engaging as the first one, but still good. In Scalzi's defense, sequels are hard, and second books especially hard. Old Man's War had the advantage of introducing the world and the characters, and it did so in a particularly engaging way (a variation of the classic fish out of water scenari...
I started this, intending to read one chapter before bed. And instead I read it in a sitting. (No, in case you were wondering, I never learn.) I think it's safe to assume it's a fast read, and action-packed. I don't really feel like giving a synopsis, since there's already one right on the top of th...
In order to catch a traitorous military scientist, Charles Boutin, the Colonial Defense Forces transfer a recording of his consciousness into a new body. Thus, Jared Dirac is born. The transfer apparently didn't take and Dirac joins the CDF's special forces, the Ghost Brigades. When Boutin's pers...
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