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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Average work As some other reviwers point out, this is a standard military sci-fi novel, that drinks from two main fountains: Strarship Troopers (ST) and The Forever War (FW).
The writer is somewhat more inclined to use the influence of ST, but does not go the way Heinlein went when he wrote his post fascist manifesto in the shape of sci fi. The author brings us to believe that there will be some good wars in the future, and that technology will do us a lot of good. So far, so good.
However, the influence of... more info
Ho-Hum Starship Troopers and its critique, the Forever War are the standard works in this genre and this novel is simply not in the same league. It recycles a lot from these two and does not actually expand or improve the concepts so obviously borrowed. If you have read these two novels I would not suggest reading this book as you will be disappointed, unless you are a 13-year old boy.
That said, the fact that this book was published does indicate how a budding writer can use the internet to get a book... more info
Not for everyone As there is obviously a great number of reviews of thís book I'll keep mine fairly short. This book was a bit of a mixed pleasure for me. Some parts of it I liked, whereas I found other parts a bit tedious.
My main complaint is in the alien bit. I like alien stuff - who doesn't, but I don't like it when you get too much of it. I find that aliens work best when they are kept slightly mysterious or are thoroughly presented. It seems as if Scalzi has had a lot of fun writing about different, very... more info
First Rate Sci-Fi Ignore the cover of this book. It is a truly terrible cover; a horribly old fashioned, space ships in flight painting and pseudo-B-movie, shiny typeface effort that makes this book feel like an Alan Dean foster effort from the mid-1980's. You should ignore it because it is not worthy of the book behind it. I picked up Old Man's War on a whim because I like the sound of the precis on the back. It struck me as an original concept, sending retirees off in the universe to be rejuvenated and fight for... more info
