Old Man's War
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Cover of first edition (hardcover)
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| Author | John Scalzi |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Old Man's War series |
| Genre | Military science fiction |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
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2005 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 320 pp |
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| OCLC | 56128607 |
| 813/.6 22 | |
| LC Class | PS3619.C256 O43 2005 |
| Followed by | The Ghost Brigades |
Old Man's War is a military science fiction and debut novel by John Scalzi published in 2005. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2006.
Old Man's War is the first novel in Scalzi's Old Man's War series. A sequel, The Ghost Brigades, was published in 2006, followed by two other books, The Last Colony (2007) and Zoe's Tale (2008). Another book in the series, The Human Division, was published as a serial and then collected in a novel (2013). The next book in the series, The End of All Things, was published in June 2015 as four novellas.
It was optioned by Paramount Pictures in 2011.
Old Man's War is about a soldier named John Perry and his exploits in the Colonial Defense Forces (CDF). The first-person narrative is similar in overall structure to Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers and Joe Haldeman's The Forever War as it follows Perry's military career from CDF recruit to the rank of major. It is set in a universe heavily populated with life forms (much like David Brin's Uplift Universe), and human colonists must compete for the scarce planets that are suitable for sustaining life. As a result, Perry must learn to fight a wide variety of aliens. The characters in Old Man's War have enhanced DNA and nanotechnology, giving them advantages in strength, speed, endurance, and situational awareness.
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