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    <![CDATA[Old Man's War]]>
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    <![CDATA[John Perry did two things on his seventy-fifth birthday. First he visited his wifes grave. Then he joined the army. The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce and alien races willing to fight for them are common. Far from Earth, the war has gone on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding. We fight to defend Earth from our new enemies and to stake our claim to planetary real estate. On Earth, the bulk of the resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force. Only those of retirement age can join the CDF; they want people who carry the skills from decades of living. CDF members are taken off Earth to serve two years at the front. If they survive, theyre given a generous homestead on hard-won colony planets, never to return to Earth. John Perry is taking that deal with only the vaguest idea what to expect.]]>
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  <body>I'm back to disliking this again. Every time the story starts to sound plausible he throws in something like one-inch tall humanoid aliens.</body>
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  <body>Almost lost me after a few cutesy conversations between the old folks. It's slightly better now that the fighting has begun.</body>
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  <body>Interesting concept, but so far the writing style does not appeal to me. I'll give it a bit longer.</body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's hard to believe this book is so highly rated. I thought it was dreadful, and certainly the worst Hugo nominee I've ever read. I'm a fan of this genre; I like <em>Starship Troopers</em> and <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21611.The_Forever_War" title="The Forever War by Joe Haldeman">The Forever War</a></em>, to which this book has been compared; but while the topic may be similar, it's an understatement t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43800175">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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