Questions for a Soldier

This is just a quick short story that serves as a bridge between the life of the soldiers and the life of the colonists. It's framed as a Q&A session for John Perry where he answers all kinds of questions about his life as a soldier. The idea behind that was probably more to refresh the reader's memory than to add more detail to the world or its inhabitants (even though some amusing anecdotes are told as well).

It’s a clever expansion on the world-building of [b: Old Man’s War|36510196|Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)|John Scalzi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1509467059l/36510196.SY75.jpg|50700] with some recap, and some new info. It offers a look at the human perspective as well as the political dynamic, which is an angle of Scalzi’s sci-fi writing that always impresses me.