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reviewed After the Coup by John Scalzi (Old Man's War)

John Scalzi: After the Coup (EBook, 2010, Tor Books) 4 stars

In a universe of harsh interstellar conflict, the practice of interspecies diplomacy—when possible—is important. So …

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3 stars

Scalzi details combat well (even arena combat) and does a good job of sketching the rough aspects of alien morphology, letting the reader fill in the fine grain. Still, this little essay hovers weirdly between the chronology of the rest of the book series, and probably should have been incorporated into one of the novels instead.