John Scalzi's books

[gategrrl]

Sartorius twigged me to John Scalzi's blog a few months ago, and I started reading it. I held off for a long while on NOT reading his books because, well, I didn't want to be disappointed. Three weeks ago I relented and went ahead and borrowed his published books (Old Man's War, etc) from the library.

I especially liked Old Man's War because it's *funny* - there were places I couldn't stop from laughing, even though the theme in the book was pretty serious. His main character, John Perry, is sympathetic, and the supporting players (particularly his training sargaent) utterly cracked me up.  Ghost Brigade was bittersweet, and most of all, every character that populates his books are human; they make mistakes, they forgive, they work through their problems, and he tackles different POVs in a way that isn't all Super Right Wing Heinlein. I can see where his inspiration comes from Heinlein, but the mind behind the adventure is definitely of a different stripe. 

I recommend his books - especially Old Man's War, if you want some humor in your SF.  :-)

Comments

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

You know, maybe I'll check them out. I love his blog and often hop on by thre, but I've kind of put off reading his stuff, you know? But they sound kind of interesting.