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 Old Man's War - John Scalzi
 Old Man's War - John Scalzi ... published 2007-06-01 by TorNewest Review: ... of youth in their infantry ranks. The attraction for John is the implication that the CDF will make him young again. The ... more ... book is written entirely in the first person, and follows John through his enlistment and basic training, and then on to a spectacular military career. The exact nature of his rejuvenation is probably a bit of a massive plot detail to reveal, but while it's not exactly original (it even owes quite a bit to humourist Terry Pratchett's science-fiction works), it IS interesting, particularly in the book's last quarter, when the full implications of the technology are played out in proper speculative fiction style.
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Old Man's War - John Scalzi: No Country For Young Men (561 words)
by - written on 22/06/09 (Very useful, 49 readings)
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Heinlein's Starship Troopers was ostensibly a book about humanity waging an interplanetary war against nasty alien creatures. It took a squad of raw recruits and showed their brutal training and induction into military life. It's become a classic, but a bit of a dodgy classic because of its political subtexts. So I was a bit wary of John Scalzi's Old Man's War, as the back cover blurb suggested it might follow much the same plot. And in a way it does. Instead of fresh-faced teens signing up to splatter aliens, however, John Perry has just turned 75. He's a pacifist who used to work in advertising, but he's signed up to join the ... Read the complete review
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