<![CDATA[The Ghost Brigades]]>

false <![CDATA[The Ghost Brigades]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171125410m/88069.jpg 239399 8 <div><div>The Ghost Brigades are the Special Forces of the Colonial Defense Forces, elite troops created from the DNA of the dead and turned into the perfect soldiers for the CDF's toughest operations. They’re young, they’re fast and strong, and they’re totally without normal human qualms.</div><div><br>The universe is a dangerous place for humanity—and it's about to become far more dangerous. Three races that humans have clashed with before have allied to halt our expansion into space. Their linchpin: the turncoat military scientist Charles Boutin, who knows the CDF’s biggest military secrets. To prevail, the CDF must find out why Boutin did what he did.<br> <br>Jared Dirac is the only human who can provide answers -- a superhuman hybrid, created from Boutin's DNA, Jared’s brain should be able to access Boutin's electronic memories. But when the memory transplant appears to fail, Jared is given to the Ghost Brigades.<br> <br>At first, Jared is a perfect soldier, but as Boutin’s memories slowly surface, Jared begins to intuit the reason’s for Boutin’s betrayal. As Jared desperately hunts for his "father," he must also come to grips with his own choices. Time is running out: The alliance is preparing its offensive, and some of them plan worse things than humanity’s mere military defeat…</div></div> 662163 2006 The Ghost Brigades total:1486|5:374|4:746|3:327|2:32|1:7| 1486 5906 1863 189 4 6 false true Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 31 09:51:16 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 08 16:15:09 -0700 2009 1 Old Man's War immersed us in Special Forces, as experienced by Jared Dirac, a very unusual recruit to the Ghost Brigades. Jared's squad leader is none other than Jane Sagan. Unlike Old Man's War, combat and battle are secondary to what's going on inside of Jared's ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Jan 16 16:12:48 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 16:12:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 06:10:13 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 20:04:19 -0800 2008 Old Man's War. If the first book was a rousing war tale, this was a more introspective insight into what makes us human in the midst of the inhumanity of war.

Amid all the techno-babble about DNA Scalzi erred on ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 30 13:26:06 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 07:39:55 -0800 2009
I pondered why I dug it so much, and pretty much drew a blank. The only possibility I can come up with is the fact it (deliberately, I assume) hearkens back to the Hei...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 07:45:09 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 07:48:15 -0700 2008 Old Man's War and loved it. It had everything - high-end science fiction, philosophy, cool battle scenes and a protagonist whose sense of humor reminded me a lot of my friend Jon. The book's premise was very simple - why do we use young people to fight...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 12:03:38 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 12:03:38 -0700 2008
Where Old Man's War w...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 17:45:20 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 06:32:58 -0800 2008
Scalzi's characters were more co...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jul 06 07:54:06 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 06 08:03:51 -0700 2007 The Old Man's War. John Scalzi is a really cool author. He has set up a high science-fiction universe but doesn't appear to take things too seriously. His treatment of the world is almost tongue-in-cheek, but it definitely keeps things light, a plus given some of t...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 15:52:13 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 16:02:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 05:15:30 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 05:39:56 -0700 2009 The Ghost Brigades earns five stars from me for achieving both in the same work.

The second book in the series initiated by Old Man's War, this novel takes a sharp turn towards funda...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 15:43:54 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 15:54:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 23:08:52 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 15:56:51 -0700 2009 -full of logical loopholes or "retarded" science premises
-cumbersome wordy writing style, but not one that slows you down

Colonel James Robbins gazed down at the rotted, exhumed body on the morgue slab for a minute, taking in the deca...more...]]> 5 0 false true Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 06:41:32 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 07:29:24 -0800 2009
This is the second book in the series started with _Old Man's War_. It's a very different novel from the first - this time we're following the life of a Special Forces operative Jared Dirac from his birth to his death. It's a much more serious exploration o...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 11:48:36 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 15:05:24 -0700 2009 Old Man's War, Scalzi focuses on the Special Forces of the Colonial Defense Forces. The Special Forces are also known as the "Ghost Brigades" because they're formed from people who signed up to serve as soldiers... but died before they actually made it to boot camp. The...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 18 12:27:03 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 17:34:58 -0800 2008
A Sequel to Old Man's War, the Ghost Brigades is set in the far-ish future where humanity has spread to dozens of worlds. Our segment of the universe is very crowded, and there is a lot of competition for worlds to colonize. Basically, the human race in space is consta...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 12 19:49:50 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 20:05:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 14:55:50 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 14:01:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 04:51:16 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 03:38:34 -0700 2009 Old Man's War, the story continues following Jane Sagan, an important character from the previous book, but it can stand alone very well which gets in an extra 1/2 star. If you've read the previous book, you can guess that this story follows the special forces & a lot of questions about...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 06:14:22 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 11:58:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 08:26:38 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 16:39:58 -0800 2009 Old Man's War, and in many ways better.

I don't season food when I cook it. I prepare the food, put it on the table and allow the partakers to "season to [their own:] taste". I've adopted this habit after having many people tell me that I am too heavy hande...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=88069