I was looking for something new to read... and came across a review that said "If you like Forever War by Joe Haldeman, you will love Old Man's War by John Scalzi". That was all I needed to jump in the car, head to the book store and pick up a copy.
The review was right. A deep universe... rich characters... fantastic ideas about culture and technology.
Old Man's War has a simple premise. In the far future, an alien technology allows you to be young again. The price of admission? You have to serve in the military to get it. So the only people who can sign up for the military are people that are 75 years or older. This makes for great fun. The military isn't full of young 18 year olds with no experience... it is littered with people with lifetimes of experience... weird habits, opinions and all.
I love this book. I am reading the sequel right now and plan to check our all of Scalzi's work. He writes just like Haldeman in many ways... which is a good thing.
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