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It is easy to spend the first few pages thinking about the similarities with Haldeman and Heinlein. I came fairly close to putting it down, but now that I am finished, I am very glad I didn't.
Military sci-fi can be very weighty. Sometimes the mass comes from technology or military tactics and ephemera or it can be politics and moralizing that render a good premise into a bad book. Old Man's War is balanced and most importantly, it keeps a narrative going at a comfortable pace that just pulls the ...more
Military sci-fi can be very weighty. Sometimes the mass comes from technology or military tactics and ephemera or it can be politics and moralizing that render a good premise into a bad book. Old Man's War is balanced and most importantly, it keeps a narrative going at a comfortable pace that just pulls the ...more
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Yeah. Wow. This book made wanna be old so I could be young again. I'm sure I'm the last person in my tribe to get on the Scalzi train, but if by some chance you haven't yet read this, please do.
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May 06, 2008
Kris Johnson
rated it
it was amazing
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Apr 30, 2008
P.G. Holyfield
marked it as to-read
