<![CDATA[Killing Aliens Runs In The Family - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Killing Aliens Runs In The Family - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Killing Aliens Runs In The Family]]> this is a little late to the game, datewise... but upon reading this i picked up "the old man's war" and LOVED it. can't wait to get the nest one! thanks for letting me in on this, i do appreciate it.

lucasg

]]> <![CDATA[Killing Aliens Runs In The Family]]> You have to be over 75 to join the Colonial Defense Force and join the brutal, bloody conflict in space. No clue whether the story jumps ahead to Zoe's 75th birthday.

Ghost Brigade soldiers start at year zero, actually.

JoshJasper

]]> <![CDATA[Killing Aliens Runs In The Family]]> All the good stuff is worth purchasing in hardcover. However, if I get TGB, TLC, and ZT in hardcover this year, I'll be way over my entertainment budget for the fall since PAX is labor day weekend.

Plus I really want the Whatever redux book.

SweatsuitHaven

]]> <![CDATA[Killing Aliens Runs In The Family]]> Love me some Scalzi! Can't wait for TLC to come out in paperback -- usually, I'm too poor for hardback, and wait for the trades to come out.

I may not be able to wait that long, though...

And I STILL haven't read Android yet!

Maeg

]]> <![CDATA[Killing Aliens Runs In The Family]]> @nrp211: I second that, was a good find in 2007 for me. Him and Karl Schroder!

Stranger-in-a-Strange-Land

]]> <![CDATA[Killing Aliens Runs In The Family]]> I am also a big fan; I stumbled onto the Old Man's War trilogy by searching for authors like Heinlein; someone recommended this, and I was hooked.

On another note, another of my favorite series was "The War Against The Chtorr" by David Gerrold; he stopped on the fourth book in 1992 and hasn't updated information on the fifth - seventh books in a couple years. If this guy dies before finishing this series I will travel as far as necessary to piss on his grave. Just thought I would share...

bigroblee

]]> <![CDATA[Killing Aliens Runs In The Family]]> Scalzi came out of nowhere and delivered four of my favorite books of all time, the Old Man's War trilogy and The Android's Dream. These books are so fun to read and are impossible to put down.

One slight correction though about the newest book in the Old Man's War universe, you only have to be 75 to join the military if you were born on earth, if I remember correctly you don't have to be 75 to join up if you are a colonist.

nrp211

]]> <![CDATA[Killing Aliens Runs In The Family]]> Glad to see that John Scalzi tag getting a workout.

Annalee Newitz

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