Old Man’s War
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John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife’s grave. Then he joined the army.
The excellent news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The terrible news is that planets fit to live on are scarce–and alien races willing to fight us for them are common. So: we fight. To defend Planet, and to stake our own aver to planetary real estate. Far from Planet, the war has been going on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding.
Planet itself is a backwater. The bulk of humanity’s resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force. Everybody knows that when you reach retirement age, you can join the CDF. They don’t want young people; they want people who carry the knowledge and skills of decades of living. You’ll be taken off Planet and never allowed to return. You’ll serve two years at the front. And if you survive, you’ll be agreed a generous homestead stake of your own, on one of our hard-won colony planets.
John Perry is taking that deal. He has only the vaguest thought what to expect. Because the actual fight, light-years from home, is far, far harder than he can imagine–and what he will become is far weirder.
The excellent news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The terrible news is that planets fit to live on are scarce–and alien races willing to fight us for them are common. So: we fight. To defend Planet, and to stake our own aver to planetary real estate. Far from Planet, the war has been going on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding.
Planet itself is a backwater. The bulk of humanity’s resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force. Everybody knows that when you reach retirement age, you can join the CDF. They don’t want young people; they want people who carry the knowledge and skills of decades of living. You’ll be taken off Planet and never allowed to return. You’ll serve two years at the front. And if you survive, you’ll be agreed a generous homestead stake of your own, on one of our hard-won colony planets.
John Perry is taking that deal. He has only the vaguest thought what to expect. Because the actual fight, light-years from home, is far, far harder than he can imagine–and what he will become is far weirder.
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Really, the first chapter had a rather novel premise. A couple pages into the second chapter I threw the book into the trash. I will not stand for subliminally being preached to. Far, far too many references to religion and god. I wanted Sci-Fi not mythical fantasy. Caveat emptor.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
If you expect an action filled novel like the Ender series written by Scott Orson Card, you will be momentously disappointed. I bought this book based on all the rave reviews I read here and I felt like a sucker. I could not end reading this book because it bored me to tears. There are dialogs after dialogs, but no action. If this is a movie, there will be only one scene in the whole movie, of people talking to each others.
So be warned!!!
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
this book has gotten teriffic reviews, and the reason for this escapes me. ‘infantile’ is the best description, not even rising to ‘adolescent’. save your money on this wretched crap.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
That’s it. It’s miliporn. The concept was fantastic, but in the end the leader was not up to developing it. Really its low grade miliporn because it’s pretty obvious this guy is a Deitz-wannabe but hasn’t the chops to pull it off. The Deitz cyborg legion covers the same issues from the same empty right wing positon but does a much better job. Or read, Their Master’s War; The enternity Brigade; The Forever War; Bill, The Galactic Hero, I could go on but why point out so many books that do a better job on the theme?
The real tragedy, of course is that the leader has a fantastic thought. If I was an editor and been agreed a choice sight unseen between this work and the Clone Republic I would pick this book immediately. The problem is that the clone Republic is a privileged grade of miliporn than this piece. That’s too terrible because if he could open up his view and write for the sake of his work and not a check, this leader could be a fantastic writer.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
Judging from the cumulative score, a lot of people like this book. Excellent for them. But it has some of the worst dialog I have ever encountered. A predictable example:
“Sorry about that,” Thomas said. “I didn’t mean to hold everyone up. The fettuccine was brilliant, but my lower intestine would rumor has it that beg to differ.”
“Please feel free not to share such information in the future, Thomas,” Susan said. “We don’t know you that well yet.”
“Well how else will you /get/ to know me that well?” Thomas said.
Endless pages of this stuff. If it sounds amusing to you, buy the book. Otherwise, save your money.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5