On and off, I've tended to read quite a bit. So, I thought I'd put up some reviews of books as I read them. In time, I may go back and add reviews of some of the books I read in the past. Not massively exciting, but I suppose it may be of interest to someone, somewhere (perhaps).
Old Man's War - John Scalzi
I borrowed this from a friend after hearing generally positive reviews. It's a not-bad first book. The main thing is: it's a Heinlein homage. Starship Troopers and all that. I've never actually read any Heinlein, but I've heard enough to see how this can fit. So, it's a brain-free space romp. Normally you expect a main character to be reasonably interesting, and have interesting things happen to him. In this case, he's the perfection of mankind, and also the luckiest man alive. Still, keep your brain disengaged, and you'll be fine. It helpfully hammers home a few ranting set pieces in a fashion that makes me think that the author, while acknowledging Heinlein's legacy (yadda yadda), is very happy to take the mickey too. All quite fun.
Permalink. Posted 22:11, Mon, 07 Aug 2006.
There is also a complete index of the books.
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