Old Man's War
| Title: | Old Man's War |
| Author: | John Scalzi |
| Genre: | SF |
| Series: | Old Mans War (1) |
| Ranking: | Good |
| LibraryThing: | Title:Old Man's War ISBN:978-0-7653-4827-2 (Add Book) |
| Type: | Owned |
| Read: | 2008-12-11 |
John Perry did two things on his seventy-fifth birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army.
Thoughts
Straightforward Military SF. The main character is engaging; a bit sarcastic, a bit garrulous, but likeable.
Lots of people dying, as one would expect; some heroically and nobly, some by their own stupidity. Little character portraits; not just guns guns guns, and while they're fighting aliens, they aren't Bug Eyed Monsters. Well, some of them are Bug Eyed, but they aren't monsters - they have their reasons, they aren't the Ultimate Evil, and humanity isn't lily-white either.