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Old man's war

"Though a lot of SF writers are more or less efficiently continuing the tradition of Robert A. Heinlein, Scalzi's astonishingly proficient first novel reads like an original work by the late grand master."--"Publishers Weekly, " starred review. A Hugo Award finalist.

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Main Author: Scalzi, John, 1969-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : TOR, 2007.
Edition:1st mass-market ed.
Series:Scalzi, John, 1969- Old man's war ; 1.
Subjects:
Life on other planets > Fiction.
Space colonies > Fiction.
Space warfare > Fiction.
Older men > Fiction.
Soldiers > Fiction.
Science fiction.
War stories.
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Summary:"Though a lot of SF writers are more or less efficiently continuing the tradition of Robert A. Heinlein, Scalzi's astonishingly proficient first novel reads like an original work by the late grand master."--"Publishers Weekly, " starred review. A Hugo Award finalist.
Physical Description:362 pages ; 18 cm
ISBN:0765348276
9780765348272
Author Notes:John Michael Scalzi was born May 10, 1969 in California. He attended the University of Chicago. During his 1989 -1990 school year he was the editor-in-chief of The Chicago Maroon. After graduating in 1991, Scalzi took a job as the film critic for the Fresno Bee newspaper, eventually also becoming a humor columnist. In 1996 he was hired as the in-house writer and editor at America Online. When he was laid off in 1998, he decided to become a full-time freelance writer and author. His first published novel was Old Man's War. His other works include Agent to the Stars, The Ghosts Brigades, The Androids Team, The Sagan Diary, The Last Colony, and Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas. In 2014 his title, Locked In, made The New York Times Best Seller List.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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