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Like all Scalzi novels, the story is served at breakneck pace, with character being revealed in the pauses between the actions. There is a little romance, a lot of h...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 01 17:09:28 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 17:09:43 -0700 2009
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John Scalzi, who is likely to become one of my favorite authors, wrote a book in 1997 just to see if he could, in fact, write a book. Turns out he can.

"Agent to...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 22:47:45 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 22:36:36 -0700 2009 Old Man's War, so I loaned it to a friend, and the same friend then gave me this book for my birthday. It was Scalzi's "test novel", to see if he could write. And I believe that the verdict is "yes."

This book follows Tom Stein, an L.A...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 12:28:03 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 12:42:04 -0700 2009 1 Scalzi; John, calls this book "the book that won't die", I became even more cur...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 18:30:41 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 23:41:52 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 14:39:10 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 08:08:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Sep 02 07:18:47 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 06:54:13 -0700 2009
What stood out for me most with Agent to the Stars is the more humorous writing style and upbeat tone than what I've encountered in a few of John ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 29 02:04:53 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 02:11:48 -0700 2009 With that said, I like this book but I would not say it was his best work. He wrote it early in his career and only recently published it after successes with other ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 20:02:28 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 20:18:25 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon May 04 16:49:20 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 16:49:20 -0700 2009 fun. If you like Scalzi's sense of humor, you'll enjoy this book.

(Irrelevant note: I read this before it was available in book form -- it's still available for free on Scalzi's site -- and thus was easily able to buy a limited...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 05:22:35 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 05:30:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 01:32:19 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 23:40:06 -0800 2009 Old Man's War. While Agent is a purposely goofy book (aliens who communicate through farts), I like how the *ehem sp...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 02:20:36 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 23:04:24 -0700 2009 1
"'We have seen The Blob, and it is us,' Joshua intoned."

They'd prefer humans to perceive them as the non-threatening group th...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 10:54:02 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 10:54:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 31 06:44:07 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 20 14:02:54 -0800 2009
This was an enjoyable romp - it's about humanities first contact with another intelligent species - who first decide they need a Hollywood Agent to overcome humanities reaction to their jello-like physique, and their smelly form of communication. Our hero, who's a y...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=88072