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I wasnt disappointed and was actually pretty shocked to learn it was his debut novel, there is a real sense of maturity within the prose that i would have otherwise attributed to a great deal of experience. John scalzi is an american author of science fiction, humour and nonfiction, in addition to being an online blogger. Once youre done, you can chat with other old mans war and john scalzi fans about. He is best known for his hugo awardnominated science fiction novel old man s war, released by tor books in january 2005, and for his blog whatever, at which he has written daily on a number of topics since 1998. They arent at a loss to explain the world in this case universe or overly naive, and that makes for an interesting take on this futuristic war. Buy a cheap copy of old mans war book by john scalzi. Old mans war, the last colony and zoes tale were each nominated for the hugo award for best novel in their respective years.
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