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Manufacturer: Subterranean
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781596061309
ISBN: 1596061308
Label: Subterranean
Manufacturer: Subterranean
Number Of Pages: 250
Publication Date: 2007-07-25
Publisher: Subterranean
Release Date: 2007-07-25
Studio: Subterranean
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Summary: Compelling main character
Comment: I was a bit skeptical about this book, but it turned out to be a fun vacation read. Scalzi managed to win me over despite the fact that military sci-fi is not my favorite sub-genre. The basic premise of *old* people going to war was great. The main character had real depth and his development is what kept me hooked. Some of the secondary characters and the overall cultural milieu were less compelling. Some other characters felt a bit shallow. Perhaps this is because, as you might expect in a war story, many characters don't last very long. The setting felt a bit contrived at times, as if it were only serving to provide character development for the protagonist. (And that development, as I said, was good... I'm just not sure I fully believe in the military/political structure of the Colonial Defense Force.) The romantic sub-plot was solid and surprising and is what ultimately makes me want to read the sequel.
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Summary: Great Read!
Comment: Wow! What a great book. Everything in the book was believable. The science was theory instead of pure fantasy. The characters were solid and the plot unpredictable. I liked it so much, I bought the other two sequels.
Steve Hendry
Author, Leapfrog
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Summary: Intteresting universe but lacks story
Comment: A short review from my Kindle. T universe that th author places the characters and story in haspotential for depth in that the Colonial union allows for ethical subjects etc . Unfortunately the story falls short in that characters do not get enough depth and the stroy line reams more like an episode of a series rather than a novel. I give it 3 stars for entertainment value. The 2 stars reduction is for not deepeining out the characters and for lack of depth in the stroyline. Not a Dune.
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Summary: Amazingly human
Comment: I'd like to add my own 5 stars to this amazing series that started in Old Man's War. I have to say I didn't expect the story to work it's magic on me the way it had. I thought it would be like the space operas of Peter F. Hamilton (who, btw, also writes great space operas and is one of my long favorites). I was wrong. It was profoundly more human - the plot is truly driven by the characters. While the writing style is relaxed and flows easily and beautifully. I read each of the books in only short periods of time, neither getting confused nor getting tired (because I didn't need to access the deepest branches of my BrainPal often). Yet despite that, the books provided a rich experience. The twists and plots were not convoluted as to lose the reader, but are nonetheless as exciting and surprising. The characters come alive with their own philosophical dilemmas not far from what we might experience.
I'll definitely miss John Perry and Jane Sagan, but I'll look forward to reading more about Zoe in the upcoming "Zoe's Tale".
This is a great series, and John Scalzi is a great writer. They come highly recommended.
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Summary: Wonderful military sci fi
Comment: I really enjoyed this book. A quick read that flowed well and kept me interested. Did not get real technical about the science in the novel. Would recommend to fans of Starship Troopers.
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You're sixty-five years old, your wife is dead, and your life is winding down. What do you do next? If you're John Perry, the answer is simple: You join the military. The Colonial Defense Forces take Earth's senior citizens and retrofit them young, strong bodies -- and then throws them into the unending war humanity is waging against other civilizations up there among the stars. John Perry is in the middle of it all and learning fast to survive, because the alternatives -- for him and humanity -- are grim. And it's in the middle of this struggle for survival that Perry meets a woman who seems achingly familiar...
Subterranean Press is proud to present the first of John Scalzi's "Old Man" novels, a Hugo nominee and future classic, with a full color cover and several full color interior plates by Vincent Chong.
Limited: 400 signed numbered hardcovers
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