{"product_id":"9780765348272","title":"Old Man's War","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eOld Man's War\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): John Scalzi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad 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 Earth, and to stake our own claim to planetary real estate. Far from Earth, the war has been going on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarth 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 Earth and never allowed to return. You'll serve two years at the front. And if you survive, you'll be given a generous homestead stake of your own, on one of our hard-won colony planets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Perry is taking that deal. He has only the vaguest idea 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 stranger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eOld Man's War Series\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e #1 \u003ci\u003eOld Man’s War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e #2 \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Brigades\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e #3 \u003ci\u003eThe Last Colony\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e #4 \u003ci\u003eZoe’s Tale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e #5 \u003ci\u003eThe Human Division\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e #6 \u003ci\u003eThe End of All Things \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Short fiction: “After the Coup”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eOther Tor Books\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Android’s Dream\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAgent to the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eYour Hate Mail Will Be Graded\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFuzzy Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRedshirts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLock In\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Collapsing Empire\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Though a lot of SF writers are more or less efficiently continuing the tradition of Robert A. Heinlein, Scalzi's astonishingly proficient first novel reads like an original work by the late grand master...This virtuoso debut pays tribute to SF's past while showing that well-worn tropes still can have real zip when they're approached with ingenuity.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Solid…[Scalzi] sidesteps most of the cliches of military science fiction, delivers fast-paced scenes of combat and pays attention to the science underpinning his premise.” —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Thought-provoking!” —\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Smartly conceived and thoroughly entertaining, \u003ci\u003eOld Man's War\u003c\/i\u003e is a splendid novel.” —\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gripping and surpassingly original. It's \u003ci\u003eStarship Troopers\u003c\/i\u003e without the lectures. It's \u003ci\u003eThe Forever War\u003c\/i\u003e with better sex. It's funny, it's sad, and it's true.” —\u003ci\u003eCory Doctorow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“John Scalzi is a fresh and appealing new voice, and Old Man's War is classic SF seen from a modern perspective--a fast-paced tour of a daunting, hostile universe.” —\u003ci\u003eRobert Charles Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I enjoyed \u003ci\u003eOld Man's War \u003c\/i\u003eimmensely. A space war story with fast action, vivid characters, moral complexity and cool speculative physics, set in a future you \u003ci\u003ealmost\u003c\/i\u003e want to live into, and a universe you sincerely hope you don't live in already.” —\u003ci\u003eKen MacLeod\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNominated Hugo Award - Nominee (2006), Long-listed Audible.com Best of the Year (2007)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780765348272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Tor Science Fiction","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40663868801230,"sku":"9780765348272","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_4c67af6c-9213-4c4d-b3a9-375a8be7efc2.jpg?v=1644853017","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780765348272","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}