From the Bookshelf of Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy

Old Man's War
by
Start date
October 21, 2013
Finish date
November 20, 2013
Discussion
Book Discussions
Discussion leader
Christine McIntosh
Why we're reading this
Group Contemporary Novel Discussion October, 2013.
#1 on Locus Magazines Best SciFi novels of the 21th cen…more

Find A Copy At

Group Discussions About This Book

Showing 2 of 250 topics — 8,801 comments total
+ Book Discussions
"Cyteen" by C.J. Cherryh
By deleted member · 48 posts · 102 views
last updated May 24, 2025 11:25PM
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
By deleted member · 46 posts · 150 views
last updated Mar 28, 2025 02:28PM
showing 10 of 36 topics    view all »
Other topics mentioning this book
Scifi available in E-Books
By Amethyst · 172 posts · 293 views
last updated Aug 26, 2014 10:07AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Books You're Looking Forward To in 2013...
By deleted member · 71 posts · 239 views
last updated Nov 26, 2013 07:57AM
eBooks On the Installment Plan
By deleted member · 6 posts · 42 views
last updated Apr 11, 2013 07:29AM
* NPR Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels
By deleted member · 161 posts · 3956 views
last updated Mar 08, 2025 09:03AM
* Locus Magazine Best SF&F of the Century
By deleted member · 25 posts · 645 views
last updated Jan 10, 2018 02:00PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. Past Introduction messages (Archive)
By Connor · 959 posts · 709 views
last updated Jun 30, 2013 10:13AM
March Madness - Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy Style ROUND 1
By Stefan · 13 posts · 137 views
last updated Mar 13, 2013 11:52AM
Favorite Stand-Alone Sci-fi list
By Jonathan , Reader of the fantastic · 77 posts · 494 views
last updated Jun 26, 2019 04:17PM
Favorite Military Science Fiction
By deleted member · 52 posts · 738 views
last updated Feb 22, 2020 08:02PM
Favorite Military Fantasy novels
By deleted member · 14 posts · 73 views
last updated May 18, 2013 04:45PM

What Members Thought

Jim
Jul 07, 2009 rated it really liked it
I was very impressed by this book. A space war book with a whole new twist & look. The writing was excellent, the plot tight & the characterization was wonderful. I could really identify with the main character & understood the motivations of even the oddest aliens, as much as the character could anyway.

There was plenty of action, but that wasn't the main thrust of the book. It carried along a lot pretty neat ideas on what our future might be like & took a sideways look at what constitutes a 'm
...more
Jeff
I fairly basic military science fiction piece where the soldiers are all elderly people. It has a lot of potential, but I felt it didn't deliver. Also, there is a fair amount of profanity used. ...more
Diane
Jan 06, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Barondestructo
Jan 28, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Kiran
Oct 06, 2009 rated it liked it
Jeffrey
Apr 04, 2010 marked it as did-not-finish
Jen
Sep 23, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites
 Michelle
Oct 30, 2010 rated it really liked it
James
Mar 19, 2011 marked it as on-my-wishlist-sff-2
Derek
Jun 06, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shelves: science-fiction
Ryan Bassette
Mar 01, 2012 rated it it was ok
Byron Seese
Mar 06, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Andrew
Mar 11, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Bonnie
Aug 14, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: science-fiction
Nima
Sep 25, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: great-scifi
Andrei Rybin
Dec 04, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: science-fiction
C.R. Asay
Apr 23, 2013 rated it really liked it
mina
Jan 01, 2014 rated it really liked it
Ruth
Oct 30, 2014 marked it as to-read
Jeff
Oct 29, 2017 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2019
Carrie
Jun 10, 2016 marked it as to-read
Shelves: m-g
Tracey
Jul 09, 2016 marked it as tbr  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy
Ian
Jun 15, 2017 marked it as to-read
Michael Wilson
Aug 17, 2017 rated it really liked it
Shelves: science-fiction
Tim Schultz
Dec 12, 2017 rated it really liked it
Mat
Jan 08, 2019 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: scifi-ive-read
« previous 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10