Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
Ranked #12 in Space Opera, Ranked #17 in Military — see more rankings.
John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's 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 us for them are common. So: we fight. To defend Earth, and to stake our own claim to planetary real estate. Far from Earth, the war has been going on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding.
Earth itself is a backwater. The bulk of humanity's resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force.... more
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 us for them are common. So: we fight. To defend Earth, and to stake our own claim to planetary real estate. Far from Earth, the war has been going on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding.
Earth itself is a backwater. The bulk of humanity's resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force.... more
Rankings by Category
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) is ranked in the following categories:
- #58 in Aliens
- #89 in Genetics
- #86 in Hugo Award
- #66 in NPR
- #17 in Planet
- #43 in Science Fiction
- #26 in Space
- #25 in Syfy
- #83 in War
- #80 in Wars
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