http://literalbarrage.org/blog/archives/2006/02/12/book-review-old-mans-war/ Faith, Family, Friends. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:33:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://literalbarrage.org/blog/archives/2006/02/12/book-review-old-mans-war/comment-page-1/#comment-5568 Whatever: Reviews Aggregator Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:05:18 +0000 http://literalbarrage.org/blog/archives/2006/02/12/book-review-old-mans-war/#comment-5568 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] I'm trying to jam through stuff so I can get out of here to have Valentine's Day lunch with my wife, so rather than stretching out a bunch of new reviews across several ego-gratifying entries, I'm just going to pile them into one entry. First, a nice review of The Ghost Brigades in Library Journal, which gives the book a "highly Recommended" rating: "The sequel to Old Man's War combines taut military action with keen insights into the moral issues revolving around developing technologies. Scalzi has a finely tuned sense of balance between personal drama and the 'big picture'..." You can see the whole review on the BN.com page for TGB. Second, Old Man's War is getting a second wave of reviews thanks to its trade paperback release, and these have also generally been positive. This review at Book Fetish gives it fives stars ("hardcore, unapologetic Heinlein-esque military Sci-Fi"), and this review at Literal Barrage is also nice ("I'm pleased to report that I enjoyed this book greatly"). And over at Byzantium's Shores, Jaquandor meditates on the difference between "neat Mil-SF" and "war-porn," and among other things concludes OMW is not war-porn, which I appreciate. I also think some of his specific questions will be addressed in The Ghost Brigades, and probably also in The Last Colony, whenever it is I start writing that, which should be soon. He's also ticked I got a free cell phone and is threatening to hit the library for my future release. Well, you know. I can live with that.Now I'm off to shower and get ready for lunch with my lady. See y'all later, and happy Valentine's Day. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] I’m trying to jam through stuff so I can get out of here to have Valentine’s Day lunch with my wife, so rather than stretching out a bunch of new reviews across several ego-gratifying entries, I’m just going to pile them into one entry. First, a nice review of The Ghost Brigades in Library Journal, which gives the book a “highly Recommended” rating: “The sequel to Old Man’s War combines taut military action with keen insights into the moral issues revolving around developing technologies. Scalzi has a finely tuned sense of balance between personal drama and the ‘big picture’…” You can see the whole review on the BN.com page for TGB. Second, Old Man’s War is getting a second wave of reviews thanks to its trade paperback release, and these have also generally been positive. This review at Book Fetish gives it fives stars (“hardcore, unapologetic Heinlein-esque military Sci-Fi”), and this review at Literal Barrage is also nice (“I’m pleased to report that I enjoyed this book greatly”). And over at Byzantium’s Shores, Jaquandor meditates on the difference between “neat Mil-SF” and “war-porn,” and among other things concludes OMW is not war-porn, which I appreciate. I also think some of his specific questions will be addressed in The Ghost Brigades, and probably also in The Last Colony, whenever it is I start writing that, which should be soon. He’s also ticked I got a free cell phone and is threatening to hit the library for my future release. Well, you know. I can live with that.Now I’m off to shower and get ready for lunch with my lady. See y’all later, and happy Valentine’s Day. [...]

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