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loppear started reading Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) by John Scalzi

John Scalzi: Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) (2007)

Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) by John Scalzi

John Scalzi channels Robert Heinlein (including a wry sense of humor) in a novel about a future Earth engaged in …

Now We Try It My Way replied to loppear's status

@loppear the series is a fun read, but i never saw the supposed criticisms of jingoism and militarism that people read into it. To me it seemed to portray a heroic story with a veneer of criticism of a very lightly sketched out fiction boogeyman government. What do you think so far? :D

loppear replied to Now We Try It My Way's status

@Now_We_Try_It_My_Way so far indeed, it is a romp a far cry from the often compared "The Forever War" which is so loudly a commentary on Vietnam's pains.