John Scalzi · 2005 · Novel
Setting: far future
Series: Old Man's War — #1
John Scalzi channels Robert Heinlein (including a wry sense of humor) in a novel about a future Earth engaged in an interstellar war against more advanced species. Citizens volunteer for the Colonial Defense Forces after retirement, in exchange for which they have their consciousness transferred into a young body, cloned from their DNA but enhanced. If, against the odds, they survive two years of combat (or 10 years if things aren't going well, which they're not), they get another body and enjoy a fresh start on a colony. This is Scalzi's first novel, and it creates a future he will revisit in subsequent stories.
Source: OpenLibrary
Tags: Space warfareLife on other planets in fictionOlder menScience FictionSoldiers in fictionOlder men in fictionSpace colonies in fictionLife on other planetsSoldiersSpace colonies
isfdb_id: 157782
openlibrary_id: OL5734647W
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