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A review by crowfood
Old Man's War by John Scalzi
3.0
Old Man's War is the enjoyable military sci-fi story that Starship Troopers failed to be.
While this was no doubt largely inspired by the aforementioned book, it seemed to improve on the template in most every way. The aliens are more nuanced, the military less beloved, the technology and initiation of the soldiers more interesting, and the characters more witty. Maybe too witty, every member of the "old farts" was cracking jokes every other sentence.
It was quite different from Redshirts, the only other Scalzi novel I've read. This is much more in the vein of an old school sci-fi story while Redshirts felt more modern.
Do not mourn me, friends
I fall as a shooting star
Into the next life
While this was no doubt largely inspired by the aforementioned book, it seemed to improve on the template in most every way. The aliens are more nuanced, the military less beloved, the technology and initiation of the soldiers more interesting, and the characters more witty. Maybe too witty, every member of the "old farts" was cracking jokes every other sentence.
It was quite different from Redshirts, the only other Scalzi novel I've read. This is much more in the vein of an old school sci-fi story while Redshirts felt more modern.
Do not mourn me, friends
I fall as a shooting star
Into the next life