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... Scalzi
Another story in the world of Old Man's War. The diary of Jane Sagan, special forces soldier, it fits between The Ghost Brigades and The Last Colony. There are too many assumptions and references to the other books for this to stand alone. The prose is more lyrical and ... ... now that I've picked up more books in the series. Great military science fiction and highly recommended.
Book 61
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
Sequel to Old Man's War. Focusing on the special forces, the Colonial Defense Force must break up an alien alliance getting ready to war ... ... Roger Zelazny
Adult, Fantasy, 280p
134. Old Man's War by John Scalzi
Adult, Science Fiction, 311p
135. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
Adult, Science Fiction. 343p
DevourerOfBooks in What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of October 3, 2009? (Oct 9, 2009, 11:17am) I'm breaking from review and library books to grab one off of my own shelves The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi. I'm actually doing that more right now, because of the Clear Off Your Shelves challenge a friend of mine is hosting. 30% of everything I read this month and next is supposed to ... Hi, I'm Jim, new to LT & this group. I'm reading To Ride Hell's Chasm by Janny Wurts. Just finished The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi. I'm looking forward to reading more by both. ... but don't let that throw you; it is a hilarious and wonderful book.
84. Old Man's War by John Scalzi (311)
85. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi (343)
86. The Last colony by John Scalzi (320)
One of my all-time favorite series.
87. *The White Mists of Power by Kr ... Finished Mistress of the Art of Death. Good book.
Started in The Ghost Brigades.
Also still very slowly reading Doubt: a history. The book is huge and dense, but also very very good so far. Read The Ghost Brigades and The Last Colony last night. Both were extremely fun to read, had some interesting ideas, and expanded upon the setting and ideas of "Old Man's Tale" quite well. Well worth reading if you enjoyed the original novel. Just picked up John Scalzi's The Last Colony. I enjoyed the first two, Old Man's War and The Ghost Brigades, and have been reading good things on LT about the 4th, Zoe's Tale. ... and creative characters, plot, or anything else.
Just finished a reread of Old Man's War so I could sweep through Ghost Brigades and The Last Colony for the first time (both really great!), although I'm still waiting for my copy of Zoe's Tale to come in.
Now I've just started Ne ... ... ZOE'S TALE by John Scalzi
Unlike the other Old Man's War novels, this is not a standalone -- you need to have read The Ghost Brigades and The Last Colony at least. This is Zoe Boutin-Perry's perspective on the events in those two books. A good tie-in with The Last Colony, a fun ... ... know if Zoe's War is OK as a standalone. I haven't read it yet.
The books in the series are:
The Old Man's War
The Ghost Brigades
The Last Colony
Zoe's War
The previous 3 are all out in mmpb for about $7-$8 each.
Old Man's War, The Last Colony and Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi. (The Ghost Brigades was in third-person.) Parts of Ilium by Dan Simmons were told in first-person. Also Julian May's Rampart Worlds series - Perseus Spur et al.
Stanislaw Lem's short stories about Ijon Tichy (The Star D ... ... extraordinary by Algernon Blackwood, The Ghost Sister by Liz Williams, The Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope Lively, The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi, A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle, and A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. 54: The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi 04/07/09-04/08/09 - 4.23 Old Man's War by John Scalzi and its sequel The Ghost Brigades, both really good. Looking forward to the third one, The Last Colony. Just finished Old Man's War by John Scalzi and the sequel The Ghost Brigades. Looking forward to reading the third, The Last Colony, in which John Perry returns. ... Ball by Jessica Day George (288)
A mediocre retelling of the fairy tale of the Twelve Dancing Princesses.
8. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi (317)
Book two in the Old Man's War series. This book is difficult to summarize without giving a lot away. It's mostly a different ... ... cum
58. The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
59. World War Z by Max Brooks
60. Old Man's War by John Scalzi
61. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
62. The Last Colony by John Scalzi
63. The Pillars of the World by Anne Bishop
64. Shadows and Light by Anne Bishop
65. The Hous ... I received a few more.
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger,
Fledgling by Octavia Butler
Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Ulysses also by James Joyce
Mrs. Dalloway by Virg ... I just finished The Ghost Brigades. Right now I'm reading Fledgling by Octavia Butler. So far this month, I've read The Ghost Brigades, by John Scalzi.
Now, I'm reading Fledgling by Octavia Butler. Science Fiction
1. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
2. Dorsai by Gordon R. Dickson
3. Lost Dorsai by Gordon R. Dickson
4. The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds
5. White Maze by Junichi F ... #8 The Ghost Brigades
With that, Christmas vacation is over. Work and classes start tomorrow. Thankfully, I'm taking a literature course, so I'll get a couple more books read through classes. ... reading. I've just finished reading The Time Traveller's Wife and The Lord of the Flies. I'm now making my way through The Ghost Brigades. ... Hamill
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
The Geographer's Library by Jon Fasman
Old Man's War and The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
The Madonnas of Leningrad by De ... This sounds like a fun idea. I'm looking forward to challenging myself to spend more reading the books in my backlog and less time cataloging them on LibraryThing.
I've left some open slots and I'll certainly change around some of the books, but for now, here are my categories
1. Anthologies
... ... Hamill
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
The Geographer's Library by Jon Fasman
Old Man's War and The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
The Madonnas of Leningrad by De ... I have not yet read that one by John Scalzi, so I will have to put it on Continent TBR. I read The Ghost Brigades and Old Man's War by him earlier this year and loved them. Thanks for the recommendation! The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi ... Hamill
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
The Geographer's Library by Jon Fasman
Old Man's War and The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
The Madonnas of Leningrad by De ... ... her "superiors". Her problems have a modern ring to it if you talk to women in todays military.
Also on second look Ghost Brigades shouldn't be on the list. ... On Basilisk Station
Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet Series
Tanya Huff's Valor's Choice
John Scalzi's Ghost Brigades
Most of these where not written as YA for the most part, but I'm sure that young adults ( junior high school and up) would enjoy these. ... Winter by Lisa Kleypas (this one's going back out in a couple of days, it was an angel mooch)
The Last Colony and The Ghost Brigade by John Scalzi
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
and
The Time Traveler's Wife by A ... ... "I've been carrying these Letters from a Nut for over a month waiting for you to show up.
Bill,
We need your help. The Ghost Brigades have landed on Red Mars and we will be The Doomed Planetwithout your help. Please come.
LOL,
Thuvia, maid of Mars
Bill read it twice, finished ... Just read:
Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi -- enjoyed almost as much as Old Man's War, that is, very much. Will continue to look up his books...
Saturn's Children by Charles Stross -- interesting concept and world-building of near-space without mankind, but plot became confusing.
... ...
37. Shadows In Snow Ed. Tim Susman (Review)
38. The Ghost Brigades John Scalzi (Review)
39. New Coyote Michael Bergey (bluesalamanders in 50 Book Challenge : bluesalamanders 2008 (Sep 1, 2008, 6:16pm) ... written as the inner thoughts of Jane Sagan, major character in the Old Man's War series. This novelette is set between The Ghost Brigades and The Last Colony and listening to it made me want to read The Last Colony again.
106. The Last Colony by John Scalzi (316)
Having just ... Just started Scalzi's The Ghost Brigades because I enjoyed Old Man's War. Also having a great time re-reading Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun for the SF group read over here. I just finished The Anubis Gates, which was fun but not all that well written. Just started The Ghost Brigades, Scalzi's follow-up to Old Man's War. Also re-reading The Book of the New Sun for the SF group read. Waiting for the library to deliver my Laura Lippman book for my ... Just read The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi -- excellent book. ... by Sarah Strohmeyer
Gateways, Crisscross, Bloodline all by F. Paul Wilson
The Android's Dream, The Ghost Brigades, Old Man's War and The Last Colony all by John Scalzi
The American Game by Ira Rosen since I am a huge baseball fan
The Piano Shop ... ... this book
219. Old Man's War by John Scalzi - had a great time with both the Scalzi books I read this week
220. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
221. Twilight at Mac's Place by Ross Thomas
222. Ascension by Steven Galloway - excellent book
223. Rapture in De ... ... kind of funny that appeals to me and I suspect will probably by my favorite Scalzi of the three I've read (Old Man's War, The Ghost Brigade, and this one.) Scalzi may be light, but he is a wonderful way of cleansing the palate. 49) The Ghost Brigades, by John Scalzi.
50) Misspelled, edited by Julie E. Czerneda.
51) Talyn, by Holly Lisle. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
The Last Colony by John Scalzi
The Android's Dream by John Scalzi
Sabriel by Garth Nix
Lirael: The Daughter of the Clayr by Garth Nix
Abhorsen by Garth Nix
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Lost Fleet: Dauntless ... ... Maximum Offense by David Gunn
63. Gil's All Fright Diner by A. Lee Martinez
64. Old Man's War by John Scalzi
65. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
66. This Rough Magic by Mercedes Lackey, David Freer and Eric FLint
67. In the Company of Ogres by A. Lee Martinez
68. The Shotgun ... ... Vonini
Ooo, nice list! Those are all books I liked very much indeed. If you like Old Man's War, there are the sequels The Ghost Brigades, The Last Colony, and a couple related novellas (not all easy to find, unfortunately), plus a new book from the same universe coming out later this ... I finished The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi and I've started Red Skies Under Red Seas by Scott Lynch. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi - Also a good read.
Total books read: 29 ... the libraries:
Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel by Rebecca Goldstein
Old Man's War and The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
Twilight at Mac's Place by Ross Thomas
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig
Ascension by ... Finished Gil's All Fright Diner at lunch today (very entertaining); I'm also reading Old Man's War after reading The Ghost Brigades over the weekend. ... change. Since I was at the local mall and they have a bookstore (just one, a tiny WaldenBooks), I walked over and picked up The Ghost Brigades also by Scalzi. I finished Old Man's War and started The Ghost Brigades, both by John Scalzi. I really enjoyed the former. So much in fact, I rushed out and bought the latter as soon as I was done with it. ... Scalzi. I was so surprised by how well written it was and by how much I enjoyed it. I rushed out and bought the sequel, The Ghost Brigades, which I am now reading. "We were on a Rraey ship that was taking us to one of our colonies for a medical rotation."
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
"How long ago was this?" ... it more than I expected I would. Also in my backpack are The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Summerland and The Ghost Brigades. Yesterday I picked up:
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
The Automatic Detective by A. Lee Martinez
The Shotgun Rule by Charlie Huston
Steampunk by Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
Summerland by Michael Chabon
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon Today I picked up:
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
The Automatic Detective by A. Lee Martinez
The Shotgun Rule by Charlie Huston
Steampunk by Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
Summerland by Michael Chabon
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon ... We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
There are a lot of other books I could put as favorite rereads (Old Man's War, The Ghost Brigades, The Thrawn Trilogy, The Blue Girl, Catherine Called Birdy, Spindle's End, A Knot in the Grain) but those three stand out above the rest as my ... Still trying to get through Archangel Protocol and also just started the much more readable The Ghost Brigades. ... because I've got a slew of HPB coupons which are only good on specific days. For today, I had 2 40% off coupons, so I got The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi (I had bought the first one, Old Man's War, without realizing it was a series - Doh!) and Thomas Paine by Craig Nelson, ... 275: mamajoan
I also read and enjoyed Old Man's War and The Ghost Brigades. Just got The last Colony will be reading that soon. Just finished Old Man's War by John Scalzi and was surprised by how much I liked it. Planning to start on the sequel The Ghost Brigades after I finish Archangel Protocol by Lyda Morehouse. ... Lost Fleet, Dauntless
#2. The Lost Fleet, Fearless
#3. The lost Fleet, Courageous
by Jack Campbell
#4. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
l ... 5/5/08)
6) The Host by Stephenie Meyer (finished 5/19/08)
7) Old Man's War by John Scalzi (finished 6/15/08)
8) The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi (finished 6/26/08)
Classics
1) Vril: The Power of the Coming Race by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (finished 2/11/08)
2) Paris in the Twenti ... so far have read Old Man's War and The Ghost Brigades.And have bought The Last Colony on E-bay and waiting for it to arrive.
Also read all Three of The Lost fleet
books.( #4 is coming out in June). I enjoyed them so much I've also ordered STARK'S WAR STARK'S COMMAND and STARK'S CR ... ... between the main character and a superior officer that amuses me from the get-go, no matter how often I read it.
11. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi (317)
I like this book. In a hurry, and too tired, to write another review of it. I read it last years and write reviews then.
Just finished #5 The Ghost Brigades and am looking forward to the next one when I locate a copy ... and 40 years ago) I seem to be in sinc with a few peaple, by reading Old Man's War last month and am now almost done with The Ghost Brigades and lookong forward to The Last Colony (as soon as I locate a copy).
Also read all three of the Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell and have pre-o ... Started #4
The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer
Bought #5 The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi ... #4
The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer (note to self read this one over a year ago didn't care for then)
Bought #5 The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi I finished reading The Ghost Brigades tonight, and I'm tracing the pretty raised gold letters of the title on the front of The Last Colony, not starting to read it right away, because it will be over too soon. ... (A great start to a great trilogy).
5. Orphans of Chaos (ditto).
Honorable mentions to Empire of Ivory and The Ghost Brigades. Read and reviewed Old Man's War this month, and half-way through The Ghost Brigades this week. The Last Colony is next, on my TBR shelf. Added Scalzi to my short list of favorite SF authors. ... reads for this year, these are the ones in running to become one of the favorites:
The Baby Merchant by Kit Reed
The Ghost Brigades and The Last Colony by John Scalzi
I read Old Man's War, too, but I didn't like it as much as the others.
Honorable mentions:
Schrodinge ... 92. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
93. The Last Colony by John Scalzi
I got The Last Colony from the Science Fiction Book Club (before their TERRIBLE customer service forced me to leave, which is a shame, because I liked the books), only to realize it was the third book in a ... I know this thread is considered closed, but I am behind! I just barely managed to close out the old year with Ghost Brigades and The Last Colony. Great books! I'm reading John Scalzi's The Ghost Brigades. It's really really good -- the pages just fly by. I like Scalzi's dry wit and thought-provoking worldbuildin.
The next book in line is William Gibson's Neuromancer. A bit late, I know. :-) Ghost Brigades. I've read Old Man's War and I read Scalzi's blog, so... 108. Old Man's War by John Scalzi (313)
109. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi (317)
I very much like these books. I would like to reread The Last Colony, the third book in the trilogy, which I've only read once, but I lent it to my sister some months ago and she hasn't returned it ... ... The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce (231)
94. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (249)
95. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi (317)
96. Sunshine by Robin McKinley (389)
 ... Man is good. :)
Did Carnival, so just the evil Moriarty to go.
Thought of another one too, Queen City Jazz
and The Ghost Brigades
also Saturn Returns sussabmax - I didn't say, did I? I love the whole series. I have all three - Old Man's War, The Ghost Brigades, and The Last Colony (as well as other books by him), and they're all great.
And if you like them, there is also a novelette that goes between the second and third books called T ... The Ghost Brigades
Water : Tales of Elemental Spirits
Specter of the Past
A Night in the Lonesome October ... some of them don't exactly fit:
Page
Squire
Lady Knight
The Last Command
My Father is in the Navy
The Ghost Brigades
I second (third) John Scalzi's Old Man's War (and his follow-ups The Ghost Brigades & The Last Colony).
Reading this thread, I was reminded of an excellent military SF book I read about 5 years ago titled The Last World War by Dayton Ward, has anybody else read it?
Also, I ... I'm finishing The Ghost Brigades this evening.
Through Mobility We Conquer will be next up. I finished up Dzur yesterday evening and "Hitler's Beneficiaries" over lunch.
Next up is The Ghost Brigades. ... and bought a copy at B&N. It's a very good book. Every bit as good as the previous books in the series (Old Man's War and The Ghost Brigades).
55. The Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley (278)
Possibly my favorite Robin Hood story. Though I should someday read a few more to ... ... thanks to his free book, so read Old Man's War after that. Now I can check this out, see if I like it enough to get The Ghost Brigades too. ... Old Man's War universe but from the perspective of Jane Sagan (as opposed to John Perry). Timeline wise, it is between The Ghost Brigades and The Last Colony (not out yet).
It is fabulous. If you are a OMW fan, The Sagan Diary audiobook ... ... now, possibly over a year. Or maybe not. Anyway, I didn't look at his books until this year, and I got Old Man's War, The Ghost Brigades, and The Android's Dream, all of which I really liked. The first two are related, and the third book in the trilogy (The Last Colony) is coming out ... ... by often I reread books. But these are newer SF that I really like a lot:
John Scalzi's Old Man's War, its sequal The Ghost Brigades, and (unrelated) The Android's Dream
Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy (the last book was published within the past decade), Antarctica, ... ... year.
I discovered a new author I like, SF writer John Scalzi, and I read and really liked his books Old Man's War, The Ghost Brigades, and, his newest, The Android's Dream.
It has its share of flaws, but I also enjoyed Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl a lot. ...
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