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Review of "Old Man series" by John Scalzi

Nov 27, ’10 4:08 PM

Scalzi is a real writer.

This is a review of the books Old Man's War, Ghost Brigade, Last Colony, and Zoe's Tale, all by John Scalzi. There isn't an offi­cial name of the series, but peo­ple refer to it as the Old Man series.

I guess I'm a tourist sci­ence fic­tion reader, in that I still care about things like char­ac­ter­i­za­tion and plot. I can cer­tainly enjoy explo­sions and melo­drama, and big ideas about the human con­di­tion are always wel­come, but some­times I want to sit down with a real meal. I want it all. For me, this series is a full, enjoy­able meal.

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Finding a Great Author

Apr 13, ’10 6:27 AM

The author is John Scalzi. I recently fin­ished his first book "Old Man's War" and the fol­lowup book "The Ghost Brigades". It's like dis­cov­er­ing a favorite new fla­vor of ice cream that you didn't know about. I'll write a full review later, but it's great when you fin­ish a book and you rush online to see how much more great read­ing is ahead.

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