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The Last Colony (Old Man's War #3)

by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author)

3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 · rating details · 10,000 ratings · 625 reviews

Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his wife, former Special Forces warrior Jane Sagan, he farms several acres, adjudicates local disputes, and enjoys watching his adopted daughter grow up.

That is, until his and Jane's past reaches out to bring them back into the game--as leaders of a new hum

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Published April 17th 2007 by Tor Books (first published January 1st 2007)

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Apr 30, 2011 Kemper rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, aliens, sci-fi, war

I’m no expert at colonizing newly discovered worlds, but I gotta think that naming your new planet ‘Roanoke’ and your settlement town ‘Croatoan’ is just asking to be pimp slapped by fate. Why not just christen a ship ‘Titantic’ or call that new nuclear plant ’Chernobyl’? What’s the worst that could happen?

The third installment of this series finds John Perry and his wife Jane retired from the Colonial Defense Force and living quietly on a colonized planet with their daughter. The CDF approaches...more

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Mar 13, 2011 Dan Schwent rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: sf, 2010, the-scalz

John Perry and Jane Sagan have left the CDF and have been living with Zoe on a colony called Huckleberry until they're uprooted and sent to start a new colony, Roanoke. Only the CDF isn't telling them the whole truth and the Conclave is on the prowl for rogue colonies. Can Perry and his family save Roanoke without being traitors to the Colonial Union?

Wow. I loved this book almost as much as I loved the first in the series, Old Man's War. John Perry is back and in fine form. Scalzi crammed a lot...more

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Apr 14, 2013 Jon added it · review of another edition

Recommended to Jon by: Sandi Kallas

Shelves: fiction, science-fiction, hugo-nominee, read-in-my-40s, loved-it

3.5 stars

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Oct 06, 2008 Sandi rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: hugo-nominees-2008, sci-fi, 2008

The more of John Scalzi’s work I read, the more I like his writing. Set in the same universe as “Old Man’s War”, the 2008 Hugo nominated novel, “The Last Colony” does not disappoint. Scalzi has a gift for writing science fiction that fires the imagination and remains completely believable. He doesn’t fill his novels with a bunch of boring exposition. Any technology that needs explanation is explained in a comprehensible manner, not with a lot of jargon. In many ways, his novels hearken back to t...more The more of John Scalzi’s work I read, the more I like his writing. Set in the same universe as “Old Man’s War”, the 2008 Hugo nominated novel, “The Last Colony” does not disappoint. Scalzi has a gift for writing science fiction that fires the imagination and remains completely believable. He doesn’t fill his novels with a bunch of boring exposition. Any technology that needs explanation is explained in a comprehensible manner, not with a lot of jargon. In many ways, his novels hearken back to the days of Asimov, Clarke and Bradbury. They are fun and easy to read, but they are also full of big ideas.

“The Last Colony” features John Perry and Jane Sagan from “Old Man’s War” and their adopted daughter, Zoë, who was introduced briefly in “The Ghost Brigades”. While all of Scalzi’s books are fine to read as stand-alone novels, one should probably at least read “Old Man’s War”, if not “The Ghost Brigades” before diving into “The Last Colony”. Mind you, “The Last Colony” will still be comprehensible to readers who haven’t read the previous two; but the background in the predecessors will make “The Last Colony” a richer experience.

“The Last Colony” is an incredibly fun read. It has more twists and turns than a rollercoaster. Every time the protagonist and the reader figure something out, there’s something else they didn’t know about that changes the whole thing. The ending is the biggest twist of all, but it fits logically with the rest of the story.

I have to say that, unlike its predecessors, “The Last Colony” left me wanting more. Scalzi introduces an intelligent alien species on the newly colonized planet, but never goes back to them. I want to know more. I want to know what happens to the Roanoke colonists after the story end. I would love to see a book about Manfred Trujillo and one about the Mennonite colonists. There’s just so much more to the Roanoke colony than the book gives us. It’s not that I think “The Last Colony” should have been longer. It is the perfect length, and I like that it limits its scope to the story at hand. Scalzi doesn’t muck things up by including a bunch of confusing subplots. The stories I want to see told are best left for other books and I happy that they’re not here.

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Jul 15, 2008 Jason Pettus rated it 3 of 5 stars

(My full review of this book is much longer than Goodreads' word-count limitations. Find the entire essay at the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com].)

Regular readers will know that I've found myself in a special situation this month, because of accidentally getting my hands on a total of eight out of the twelve science-fiction novels nominated this year for either the Hugo or Philip K Dick award; today's review is the sixth of that series*, with the rest of them found...more

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Jun 04, 2008 Kristin rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: science-fiction, hugo-nominee

The Last Colony is book three in a series that follows John Perry and Jane Sagan, former Colonial Defence Forces, ret., and former Special Forces for the Colonial Union, ret. They have been living on a established colony world for several years and are now approached by CDF to be leaders of a new colonial expansion. After some consideration, they agree.

After the ship arrives in orbit around Roanoke, they realize something is not right. From there, events quickly spiral downhill as they find out...more

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Oct 11, 2009 Jim rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction

An excellent end to the trilogy starting with "Old Man's War" & continued in "The Ghost Brigades". The first mainly follows Perry, the second Sagan & this one, the third, both. The style is reminiscent of Heinlein's best, before he got weird in the 70's, & without all the philosophizing. Just an excellent story in an interesting universe.

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Jun 21, 2009 Kelly rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: library

The Last Colony starts out a little slow, what saved it for me was Scalzi's writing, particularly his humor which buoyed me along until the action started. Typically, the action wasn't far behind and of a different nature than you're lead to believe from the book description. There is the usual dirty dealing from the Colonial Union vs. Interstellar machinations, this time in the form of the Conclave.

What I particularly enjoyed was how John Perry was consistently pissed off enough to implement hi...more

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Jun 24, 2008 Hope rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Last Colony is the third book set in the universe created in Old Man's War and expanded on my Ghost Brigades. I think it's best read after reading the other two, although it's not required. You'll get enough background to follow the story, although it's also enough information to spoil some of the plot twists in the previous two books.

This volume isn't the kind of millitary story told in the first two books. Instead, it focuses more on family, really. While the circles of family and communi...more The Last Colony is the third book set in the universe created in Old Man's War and expanded on my Ghost Brigades. I think it's best read after reading the other two, although it's not required. You'll get enough background to follow the story, although it's also enough information to spoil some of the plot twists in the previous two books.

This volume isn't the kind of millitary story told in the first two books. Instead, it focuses more on family, really. While the circles of family and community have to navigate some treacherous, dangerous larger issues, at its heart, The Last Colony is about building and maintaining community. John Perry and Jane Sagan, now married and back in normal bodies (they had different bodies in the previous two books. Don't ask - just go read them) run a small colony, and care for their adopted daughter, Zoe. For various reasons, they're chosen to head a controversial new colony, to be called Roanoke.

Does that name set of alarm bells? Excellent.

As you can imagine, all sorts of mayham ensues from there.

There's only a little fighting, which is dramatic, gripping, and brutal. When Mr. Scalzi writes action, he means it. He also seems to have a keen insight into how a government buracracy does and doesn't work.

I quite enjoyed this novel, but I have two complaints. First, the deus ex machina got heavy handed. Second, the main characters tend to have a similar voice. This makes sense between John, Jane and Zoe - they're family. Jane and John chose each other, so it makes sense for them to have strong similarities. They've raised Zoe, so it makes sense for her to have a similar voice. I can see John's assistant also tending to have some similarities. But my credulity broke when the main rival to John and Jane's authority, when push came to shove, agreed with and backed them. It felt a lot more like Narrative Imperative than a natural outgrowth of the character as we'd seen him previously.

But even given those problems, I didn't care. The writing was so engrossing, I had my moments of, "I can't believe you did that!" then lost myself in the story again. Other than that odd similarity, the characters were believable, and very appealing. The writing was good enough to ease me past the deus ex machina. I finished the book quite satisifed with it, and looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
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Jan 22, 2013 Pedro António rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013-read, science-fiction

(3.5 stars rounded down)

After thoroughly enjoying The Ghost Brigades I was really curious to see where Scalzi would take us next in this universe.

I really liked the idea of focusing on the intricacies of getting a colony running and think that was implemented mostly without flaws ((view spoiler)), but I don't feel that the book as a whole is as good as the previous two.
The second part of...more

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Jul 22, 2009 Stephen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: award-nominee-hugo, sf-space-opera, multiple-award-nominee, ebooks, audiobook, signed-first-or-limited-edition, award-nominee-locus

4.0 to 4.5 stars. Another excellent installment of this very good space opera series by John Scalzi. Well thought out plot, great characters and outstanding world-building.

Nominee: Hugo Award Best Novel (2008)
Nominee: Locus Award Best SF Novel (2008)

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Apr 18, 2009 James rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: sci-fi

After my five-star endorsement for The Ghost Brigades, falling back to four stars for The Last Colony, the final book in this powerful series, feels like a demotion, and in some ways it is, since the purpose of this book is to reunite the almost-lovers John and Jane from book one of the series, Old Man's War, and finally make good on the threat to expose the maniacal mismanagement of the human colonies. In that respect, this book is a "tie up the loose ends" effort. But it does such a good job o...more After my five-star endorsement for The Ghost Brigades, falling back to four stars for The Last Colony, the final book in this powerful series, feels like a demotion, and in some ways it is, since the purpose of this book is to reunite the almost-lovers John and Jane from book one of the series, Old Man's War, and finally make good on the threat to expose the maniacal mismanagement of the human colonies. In that respect, this book is a "tie up the loose ends" effort. But it does such a good job of tying those lose ends -- and it features some inventive plot twisting along the way -- that is merits the four star rating all on its own.

What I liked: Resolving the open question of whether those doing their duty in the colonial forces are in fact xenophobes who suppress opposing viewpoints in their effort to wipe out all intelligent life forms humans encounter. This idea was first dangled in front of us in book one, was further whipped up in book two, and by book three, it was a band-aid ready to be ripped off, painful scream and all. Thank you, Scalzi, for finally giving in to the anticipation.

What I missed: 1) The book dances on the edge of going the route of Orson Scott Card's Xenocide when colonists encounter unexpected intelligent life on their new planet. That would have been yet another opportunity for Scalzi to show he knows how to build on the successes of the genre. However, he opted to go only so far down that path. Too bad. 2) Romance. We know that John loved his long-deceased wife and transfered all his affection to her kick-butt genetic double, Jane. But this book lacks the love. The healthy respect is there, the mutual bond that comes from shared life experience is there. But the passion, even the lust, was as dried up as the raisin at the bottom of my Raisin Bran box. Too bad, too, because with their newly-grown healthy young bodies and a lifetime of experiences under their belts, these two could have really burned the love and passion candle at both ends. I guess I'll have to turn to my real life for that fulfillment. But for those not married to a smokin' hot spouse, this book could have helped fill that gap.(less)

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May 05, 2009 Nikki rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: speculative-fiction

The Last Colony definitely needs to be read after having read the first two books, as it's directly connected to both, uses the same world, and many of the most key characters. Like the others, it's easy to read and fun. It returns to using the same narrator as the first book, which I think is a bonus: he's fun. The plot is pretty much the culmination of things that have been building up in the other two books, which is why you need to read them. I liked the conclusion of it, and the open-endedn...more

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Aug 20, 2008 Alex rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2008hugonominees

Somewhat nervously, I've started this book. I am trying to read it with clear eyes, without letting my opinion of his earlier book color my judgement. This is very difficult, especially since his dialogue still tends to be pretty bad. So far, however, I'll say that his characters seem to have different voices, which is refreshing, and the plot has been a page turner, which is an improvement over the meandering mess that was "Old Man's War."

The one real cringe-worthy portion so far is any conver...more Somewhat nervously, I've started this book. I am trying to read it with clear eyes, without letting my opinion of his earlier book color my judgement. This is very difficult, especially since his dialogue still tends to be pretty bad. So far, however, I'll say that his characters seem to have different voices, which is refreshing, and the plot has been a page turner, which is an improvement over the meandering mess that was "Old Man's War."

The one real cringe-worthy portion so far is any conversation involving the teenage daughter, who sounds as much like a real teenage girl as she does like a medieval Russian Tsar. That's still one of his problems - all of his characters tend to be sarcastic and witty. Not all people are. But at the same time, I could see a lot of this dialogue working in an action movie or some other non-realistic setting.

I'm tentatively enjoying it and will get back to you when I have a final judgement.

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As you can see, I've classed this book 3 stars, because it is unquestionably 2 stars better than "Old Man's War," a book that earned one star only because that's the lowest rating you can give on this site. Let me start by saying that I understand why people are drawn to Scalzi. He writes pure space opera, which is a rare thing these days. He writes adventure in space, exciting things happen, people are daring and clever and overcome odds to win out in the end. That's his model and people like that. I actually like that quite a bit. And I would say that I liked this book. His characters are still flat, his dialogue still mostly atrocious, but the book is a real page turner and writing something like that is a skill in itself.

It still felt like pure cotton candy but I think I'm coming to understand the appeal. Scalzi is writing books that people can get behind because no one else is really writing for them. These are people who don't want big ideas, or lots of technobabble or to see how the internet will look in the future. I can appreciate that, because there's way too much of that in the Hugos these days. If Scalzi is the vanguard of a new way, then I'm all for it.

But he still isn't an excellent writer. He writes excite, easy-to-read stuff (at least if this book is the judge) and his style is improving, but he still isn't a great writer, in the purest sense of constructing sentences and making interesting characters. In fact, I would go so far as to say his characters are about as uninteresting as they get. Some of the peripheral characters come close to compelling, but overall, they're cardboard cutouts.

But I'll stop with the criticism. I actually did enjoy the book and read it very quickly. Scalzi is filling a need. Still, it lies at the bottom of the group. (less)

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Jul 07, 2011 Matt rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction

Scalzi continues to entertain with the third book in his Old Man’s War series, The Last Colony. John Perry, the protagonist of the first book, is back as a family man and leader of a small colony that has gained paramount importance in a growing feud between the human Colonial Union and the alien version of NATO, the Conclave. Differing from the first two books of the series, The Last Colony focuses less on battles and technology and more on politics, spycraft, and diplomacy. I found this to be...more

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Aug 20, 2011 Claude Bertout rated it 4 of 5 stars

Lecture d'été...

La trilogie de John Scalzi se lit d'une traite et on en redemande. Le premier tome nous prend par surprise avec ces vaillants vieillards aux prises avec un univers impitoyable. Les héros sont attachants, les vilains vraiment méchants, et on se laisse mener de bataille en bataille en se demandant avec une certaine délectation: que va encore nous inventer l'auteur? Les second et troisième tomes sont un peu plus convenus, on sent que l'auteur a plus peiné pour canaliser l'histoire e...more

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Mar 31, 2010 Kiri rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This one gets 3.5 stars. I enjoyed reading it, but it wasn't quite as creative and, well, funny as Old Man's War. Here we move away from a battle focus and more to politics and tactics. John Perry, the narrator of the previous two books, is pulled out of semi-retirement with wife Jane and daughter Zoe to administer a new human colony, Roanoke. A nice job for an old war hero, except there are (of course) a few wrinkles, and ultimately Perry ends up having to do nothing less than save all of human...more

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May 08, 2012 Amy C.C. Hsiao rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: sci-fi, general-fiction, favorite

John Scalzi's "The Last Colony," in which there's an allusion of "Roanoke Colony." Interesting story...but I still love the first of the trilogy (Old Men's War) best. BTW I did a bit digging about the Roanoke in history (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_...). The allusion is quite interesting.

The ending is very nice and typical Scalzi, but I'm not going to spoil it. All I could say it that Perry's been a bad ass all the way. LOL

Really glad that (at least the first episode of)this trilogy wil...more

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Dec 28, 2012 Kaethe rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: format-ebooks, adventure, colonization, feminism, fiction, first-contact, friendship, glbtq, humor, p-o-c, politics, scifi, skepticism, social-issues

At the end of the book Scalzi says he isn't going to write any more about these characters. So even though I'm midway in Zoe's Tale, I'm having a sad. It's smart science fiction, interesting characters, intriguing problems with colonization, and Sagan and Perry are so good at working things through. I would happily read many more stories about them. Great scifi, and, for those of us who enjoy twists, plenty of them. Really, Old Man's War is an unusually strong series. There must be flaws, but I...more

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Oct 17, 2012 Alastair McDermott rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: science-fiction

Thoroughly enjoyable. A short, quick read (~4-5 hours), I felt The Last Colony was a huge improvement over book 2 (The Ghost Brigades).

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Jan 30, 2013 Dan Thompson rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is the third book in the Old Man’s War series, and it unites the storylines of the first two books. John Perry has been returned to human form, and Jane Sagan has been made human as well. They married and settled down on a world named Huckleberry, adopting Zoe, the orphaned daughter of a brilliant traitor.

Everything was going fine, and then the Colonial Union asked them for a little favor.

So John, Jane, Zoe, and the rest of their household are off to form a new colony on Roanoke, except th...more

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Jan 20, 2013 Daniel rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In my case, this was a series of diminishing returns. Perry comes back to the story as the narrator and sometimes-wise-cracker, and that is a very good thing, as Scalzi writes well from this perspective. Otherwise, I had trouble getting into a story that delves into politics, politics, and more politics, strewn across a few planets and galaxies and government bodies that toss their names into the fray without offering much in terms of character or history. The Colonial Union and the Conclave bec...more

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Nov 28, 2012 Daniel rated it 3 of 5 stars

A disappointing end to an engaging three book series. Scalzi glosses completely over John Perry and Jane Sagan's transition into civilian life, the development of their relationship, and how Zoe reacted and grew following the murder of her father. Instead he jumps quickly into his new premise and starts telling the story.

In order for things to proceed at the pace he wants, Scalzi turns Perry into an occasional buffoon, calling to mind Richard Dean Anderson's character on the Stargate television...more

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Nov 05, 2012 Sam King rated it 5 of 5 stars

"The Last Colony" returns to John Perry and Jane Sagan, retired from the military, as they colonize a new world.

The book is about secrets and peace. Readers of the first two books will know that secrets abound among the Colonial Union. However, in the first two books, the secrets were largely incidental. Yes, they played a major role in the plot, but the protagonists were happy to live their lives without confronting the secrets, so they weren't a big part of the story.

"The Last Colony" gives...more "The Last Colony" returns to John Perry and Jane Sagan, retired from the military, as they colonize a new world.

The book is about secrets and peace. Readers of the first two books will know that secrets abound among the Colonial Union. However, in the first two books, the secrets were largely incidental. Yes, they played a major role in the plot, but the protagonists were happy to live their lives without confronting the secrets, so they weren't a big part of the story.

"The Last Colony" gives secrets a front seat. Pretty much every major event in the book comes as the result of a secret or its revelation. Characters debate about the ethics of keeping secrets. Sometimes they fall on the side of keeping secrets, sometimes on the side of revealing secrets, and sometimes on the side of allowing better choices even without full information. As a result, there is a rich discourse on honesty and its discontents. A side effect of this is that there are tons of exciting plot twists in the book, and all of them feel natural and well integrated into the story.

The theme of peace comes about through a larger debate on that one big secret that you learn about at the end of "Ghost Brigades." When a group is trying to push for peace, how can people tell that they're genuine and equitable? Where do a person's loyalties lie: with their country or their conscience? Is there such a thing as a just war? What about a just enforcement mechanism for peace? Where is the room for idealism in a harsh universe? John Perry, as an antiwar soldier who dislikes groups that threaten humanity and who dislikes warlike and secret elements of humanity, brings these questions to the forefront.

One thing that I liked a lot about "Old Man's War" and "Ghost Brigades" was that they felt finished after the end. To be sure, there were lots of things to come in future books and a lot left unsaid, but the significant events of the book felt concluded. In "The Last Colony," there is one very salient issue that comes up a few times throughout the book that is never satisfactorily addressed. Perry event talks with another character, and that character says that they haven't given the issue much thought, but then they don't give the issue more thought later on. I could accept that if I felt like it would be addressed in a future book, but since "The Last Colony" finished things up, it just feels like a loose end.

That said, the ending was superb. The series is nicely framed, I feel good about the state of the universe, and the goodness doesn't feel like an artificial Hollywood ending.(less)

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Oct 20, 2012 Samuel Lubell rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is my favorite of the Old Man's War series. Perry and wife Jane are called out of semi-retirement to lead a new colony made up of citizens of the 10 oldest colonies (all the others came from Earth). When he lands he finds out that he's not on the planet he was told about and the colony cannot use modern technology due to a threat from the Conclave of alien races who are forbidding anyone else to colonize. What I like about the book is that each time Perry finally figures out what is going o...more

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Sep 06, 2012 Tal rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: library-book, sf-fantasy

John Perry has at last found peace in a violent universe, living quietly with his family in one of humanity's many colonies. It's a good life, yet there's something . . . missing. When John and his wife Jane are asked to lead a new colony world, he jumps at the chance to explore the universe once more.

But they soon find out that nothing is what it seems, for his new colony are merely pawns in an interstellar game of war and diplomacy between humanity's Colonial Union and a new, seemingly unsto...more

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Aug 20, 2012 M rated it 2 of 5 stars

awwwwwww - having just read the first two parts of this trilogy, I really really wanted to like this...
but it just didnt work for me
thinking about it, ab big problem with this was what happens with a lot of series - PUBLISHERS and EDITORS LISTEN UP!!!: there seems to be the need of subsequent parts to constantly explain things that should are clear for those having read the previous parts.
NOW:
- my personal take is that if it is a closely connected series, why do people not just start with part 1...more

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Jun 08, 2012 Dorothea rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I found The Last Colony really disappointing compared to Old Man's War and The Ghost Brigades. Here's why:

1. The first two books got a lot of their structure from the military training that their protagonists, John Perry and Jared Dirac. The process of learning new skills and ways of thinking also made Perry and Dirac interesting characters. The Last Colony doesn't have any training; Perry is the protagonist again and he does have to adapt to a new career as the administrator of a new colony, bu...more

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Apr 01, 2012 Kathryn rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: SF fans

Shelves: science-fiction, 2012-reads

The Last Colony is the third novel set in the universe first created for Old Man's War. As The Ghost Brigades was quite different from Old Man's War, so too is The Last Colony different again. In this book, John Perry, the protagonist from Old Man's War, is starting a new colony; rather than focusing on battling aliens directly, this book revolves around politics, from the local level all the way up to the interstellar level. The threads hinted at in the last two books are picked up and finally...more

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Mar 06, 2012 Sineala rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: e-books, science-fiction, fiction

John Perry and Jane Sagan, having retired from their careers as soldiers in the Colonial Defense Forces (for details, you will want to have read the previous two books in this series), settle down to their lives as colonists with their adopted daughter. Except not, because the CDF taps them to govern a shiny new colony being founded, Roanoke. And with a name like Roanoke, you can bet something is going to go hideously wrong.

The plot of this book deals with the intragalactic politics that have ki...more

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