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Biografisk notat
John Scalzi is one of the most popular and acclaimed SF authors to emerge in the last decade. His debut Old Man's War won him science fiction's John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His New York Times bestsellers include The Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation, Lock In, and also Redshirts, which won 2013's Hugo Award for Best Novel. Material from his widely read blog Whatever has also earned him two other Hugo Awards. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today
- Joe Hill,
Gripping and surpassingly original. It's <i>Starship Troopers </i>without the lectures . . . It's funny, it's sad, and it's true
- Cory Doctorow, author of <i>Walkaway</i>,
A fast-paced political thriller laced with observant characterization, great dialogue, and some genuinely original science
The Guardian
Clever dialogue, fast-paced story and strong characters
The Times
Top-notch. His combat scenes are blood roiling
Washington Post
Scalzi is one of the slickest writers that SF has ever produced
Wall Street Journal
Astonishingly proficient
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Scalzi's prose harkens back to the Golden Age of science fiction while still remaining fresh and vibrant
Strange Horizons
Betrayed and stranded on a deadly frontier world, ex-soldiers John Perry and his wife must fight for survival in this gripping military science fiction adventure.
John Perry was living peacefully on one of humanity's colonies â until he and his wife were offered an opportunity these ex-supersoldiers couldn't resist. To come out of retirement and lead a new frontier world.
However, once on the planet, they discover they've been betrayed. For this colony is a pawn in an interstellar game of war and diplomacy. Humanity's Colonial Union has pitched itself against a new, seemingly unstoppable alien alliance, dedicated to ending all human colonization.
As this contest rages above, Perry struggles to keep his terrified colonists alive on the surface below â despite dangerous interstellar politics, violence and treachery. And the planet has yet to reveal its own fatal secrets.
The Last Colony is the third book in John Scalzi's hugely popular Old Man's War series. Full of humour, action and intrigue, it showcases Scalzi's talent for fast-paced plotting and engaging characters in a science fiction setting. Perfect for fans of military SF and space opera alike.
Continue the gripping space war series with Zoe's Tale.
The Hugo Award-nominated The Old Manâs War series by John Scalzi is sharp, funny, action-packed science fiction, in the vein of Robert Heinleinâs classic Starship Troopers. Scalziâs light touch and comic dialogue make this the perfect entry point for readers new to science fiction, as well as for veteran SF fans. Set in a future where human beings have spread out across the galaxy, the series opens with Old Manâs War, in which 75-year-old John Perry joins the army. The Colonial Defence Forces have the technology to transplant his consciousness into a much younger body crafted from his original DNA â but in return, he owes them two years of service defending humanity from hostile aliens. Space, it turns out, is a lot more dangerous than he expected.
âGripping and surpassingly original lectures . . . It's funny, it's sad, and it's trueâ Cory Doctorow
âJohn Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF todayâ Joe Hill