Oooh! It's smart, its fast paced, a lot of reality in potential outcomes. I dig it and now I must consume more!

If you want a wild ride of the old is young again, a war amongst the stars for expansion with creatures and methodologies which all strike a remarkable cord of plausible you'll want to check in to this series. I caught myself in a few good laugh out loud moments where I had to try to explain to my wife, who didn't care, what I was laughing at, then I had to try and downplay moments of humor to my 4 year old who kept asking, "Dad what's funny?" -- oh nothing, this guy just named the computer in his head Asshole, that's all. hahah!

Goodness, fun read all around. Core character and thoughts for the future will seed onwards and I look forward to seeing where Scalzi is driving.