John perry becomes a soldier at the age of 75 when he joins the colonial defense force. The reader is brought into a new and exciting reality while simultaneously gaining insight into the way the human condition is changed by the experience of aging. ...  Read More

To be honest, i am still reeling from the final chapter. If you like military sci-fi this book is for you.

The slavering devotion to this book makes me slightly ill. It is clear this author has not experienced war in the slightest. It's obvious a left-winging liberal wrote this book. This book is one of the paragons of the genre?

Old man's war' is just a generic mil-scifi (scifi in the most superficial sense) written for young adults. The science fiction part is probably one of the lamest i have read in a long time. For a reader like me, who lurks on the darker more speculativ...  Read More

The main character is untouchable and emotionless. There is no real danger, and the characters are all stereotype characters. The dialog is terrible. There are a few characters that befriend the main character, but they are basically just introduced a...  Read More

John scalzi's writing is terrible and flat. Comparisons to heinlein are nowhere near the mark imho. Scalzi is either unable or unwilling to write with that kind of relevance.