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Old Man's War
Full title: | Old Man's War |
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ISBN: | 9780765315243 |
ISBN 10: | 0765315246 |
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Publisher: | Tor Books |
Edition: | Reprint |
Num. pages: | 320 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2005 |
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Synopsis
A stunning novel of war and survival
The Washington Post - Paul Di Filippo
Scalzi's imagined interstellar arena is coherently and compellingly delineated (although after two centuries of intervening history, I question Perry's familiarity with such 20th-century icons as Denny's restaurants and the Super Bowl). His speculative elements are top-notch. His combat scenes are blood-roiling. His dialogue is suitably snappy and profane. And the moral and philosophical issues he raises, while not as deeply plumbed as in Joe Haldeman's classic The Forever War (1975), still insert useful ethical burrs under the military saddle of the story.