Questions for a Soldier

Questions for a Soldier is a short story featuring John Perry on one of his Colonial Defence Force PR visit to a colony. After a dinner, he is asked a few questions about life in the CDF and some critical questions about the Colonial Union's apparent imperialistic attitudes.

There is nothing groundbreaking here, but a short enjoyable interlude between Old Man's War and The Ghost Brigades.

Following the events of Old Man's War John Perry embarks upon a press junket during which he answers questions about his heroic exploits. This text describes his question and answer session with the colonists of Huckleberry.
Scalzi gives his protagonist just the right words to say to ingratiate himself with the colonists. Perry, or Scalzi himself!, would be a very successful politician! I look forward to more from this author as well as this series.

Questions for a Soldier is a short story featuring John Perry on one of his Colonial Defence Force PR visit to a colony. After a dinner, he is asked a few questions about life in the CDF and some critical questions about the Colonial Union's apparent imperialistic attitudes.

There is nothing groundbreaking here, but a short enjoyable interlude between Old Man's War and The Ghost Brigades.

A small little story, more of a transcript, of when the main character of Old Man's War was at a colony taking questions. A fun read, only really necessary for a Scalzi completest

You can read this in a short visit to the toilet. So, read it.

Short, but perfect as always from Scalzi :)

I've had "Questions for a Soldier" downloaded on my Kindle for almost a year. Now that Mount TBR has given me permission to work through the TBR pile, I've finally gotten around to it. I've been wanting to read it ever since getting my paws on Old Man's War and loving it, but when I learned of this story's existence, it was already out of print, and I wasn't about to go to eBay to look for an even more ridiculously-priced copy. Thankfully, Subterranean has converted older, out-of-print titles to Kindle format, and when I learned of this, I downloaded this beast immediately.

The full review may be found at my blog. NO SPOILERS. As always, comments and discussion are most welcome. To go directly to the full review, just click the link show more below.

REVIEW: John Scalzi's "Questions for a Soldier"

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