John Scalzi’s Mini-biography from Wikipedia:
John Michael Scalzi II (born May 10, 1969) is an author and online writer, best known for his Hugo Award-nominated science fiction novel Old Man’s War, released by Tor Books in January 2005, and for his blog Whatever, at which he has written daily on a number of topics since 1998. He has also written a number of non-fiction books.
I’m a new reader to John Scalzi, and haven’t read any sci-fi since I was a kid. Not that I have anything wrong with the genre, just been absorbed by others. So the three books in question here are Old Man’s War, The Ghost Brigades, and The Last Colony. I’ll start at the top.
Old Man’s War
I really liked this book. The story starts out with John Perry as he’s leaving earth for a chance at a new life fighting for the Colony Defence Force (CDF). Not much is told to the recruits on how the CDF gives them a new life, but they soon find out. I won’t wreck the surprise, but it’s an interesting one to someone who’s never read much Sci-Fi before. Anyway the recruits ’skip’ around the galaxy fighting wars against aliens and protecting the human colonies. John Perry of course doesn’t stay at schmuck level in the CDF and ends up making a name for himself during his adventures. I doubt it’s be much of a story if it followed a peon and his gun. Was this book the best thing since sliced bread? No…but it’s imaginative and well written. It kept me entertained enough to finish it in a few nights.
Old Man’s War: 
(4.00 out of 5)
