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7. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Sun Nov 29, 2015, 03:53 PM

Nov 2015

This the 2nd part of The Old Man's War trilogy. This is a straight up space opera about battling space aliens for lebensraum. It's very well done, Scalzi writes well and his plots are logically consistent, but obviously not for everyone.

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What are you reading this week of November 29, 2015? [View all] hermetic Nov 2015 OP

Love Medicine, by Louise Erdrich northoftheborder Nov 2015 #1

How long did that take hermetic Nov 2015 #5

Can't remember - months. northoftheborder Nov 2015 #13

Love Medicine is one of my favorite books, but it was not easy reading at first and japple Dec 2015 #14

Glad to hear your positive review. It is a little hard getting into. northoftheborder Dec 2015 #19

Staying with Faye Kellerman and Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus TexasProgresive Nov 2015 #2

That does sound like hermetic Nov 2015 #6

Looks like I am going to have to start reading Faye Kellerman. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #9

I've enjoyed them a lot getting old in mke Dec 2015 #18

2 non-fiction about the new South dixiegrrrrl Nov 2015 #3

Theroux hermetic Nov 2015 #4

The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi pscot Nov 2015 #7

I read about The Ghost Brigades on Fantastic Fiction. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #10

Hello, everyone! Thank you for the thread, hermetic. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #8

Thanks for the thread, hermetic. I was looking for something new this week and came japple Nov 2015 #11

Sounds like my sort of book, japple. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #12

You might want to put this one on your list. It seemed a bit dull at first, but now I see that japple Dec 2015 #15

I ordered a used copy. Enthusiast Dec 2015 #16

Pedro Paramo by Juan Ruflo Conch Dec 2015 #17

I just finished "Amazonia" by James Rollins Number9Dream Dec 2015 #20

Sounds like some weird wild stuff. Enthusiast Dec 2015 #21

Rollins takes actual science and then pushes the envelope Number9Dream Dec 2015 #22

Cool! Enthusiast Dec 2015 #23