Old Man’s War
Well I finally got a copy of Old Man’s War by John Scalzi. What a well-written book!
I have been planning to buy this book for quite some time, but most of my book-buying is in the form of ebooks from Baen. Scalizi’s publisher, Tor, stupidly decided that DRM-free books are a menace to something and axed the project to make his books available. Since then I’ve been looking for a copy at local bookstores as I keep forgetting to order it via Amazon.
The story follows a soldier of the future from the day he joins the army to a point well into his career. It draws on Heinlein’s Starship Troopers and also has similarities to Haldeman’s Forever War. The alien cultures the soldier meets are decently alien (though as a front line grunt, he doesn’t spend much time on cultural critiques).
I really enjoyed the ending of the book. This book draws the story to close and yet does it in such a way that I’m planning to pick up the sequels as soon as possible.