heiditighe's review against another edition
5.0
Although the extent of my science-fiction experience is BSG and Star Trek, I thoroughly enjoyed this story. It was about people and politics rather than protons, and the people and politics are fascinatingly portrayed. Although I only downloaded this because it was free on Audible and listened to it only because it was in my queue, I'm returning for more right now. Excellent work!
markmtz's review against another edition
4.0
Read part of the story and listened to the audiobook for the rest. Scalzi sets the stage nicely. I'l looking forward to reading future episodes. Does this count as a book in my 2013 reading challenge?
csdaley's review against another edition
5.0
I enjoyed this a lot. Set in the world of Old Man's War I would recommend not reading it until you have read the others. It is a great first episode and I love that he decided to give us a complete story. I am looking forward to the next episode.
spinnerroweok's review against another edition
4.0
Fun. Short. I'm eager to see how the rest of this series turns out.
ferrisscottr's review against another edition
5.0
Since John Scalzi released The Human Division as an episodic tale over 13 weeks - I wanted to rate/review each one as I read it (even though I bought them all as part of The Human Division book).
This was fantastic. In the beginning it was jumping all around and I couldn't keep the characters straight but he pulled it all together and I really enjoyed this first episode.
It picks up after The Last Colony/Zoe's Tale - the Earth has either split from the Colonial Union or at the very least is on the outs. So what does the Colonial Union do when it doesn't have a supply of bodies? The Conclave is still very much real. That's the premise...
A ton of action, great characters and it sets a tone and a plot that I can really get engaged in.
This was fantastic. In the beginning it was jumping all around and I couldn't keep the characters straight but he pulled it all together and I really enjoyed this first episode.
It picks up after The Last Colony/Zoe's Tale - the Earth has either split from the Colonial Union or at the very least is on the outs. So what does the Colonial Union do when it doesn't have a supply of bodies? The Conclave is still very much real. That's the premise...
A ton of action, great characters and it sets a tone and a plot that I can really get engaged in.
mkaber's review against another edition
3.0
Pretty good, self contained short story. Plenty of nice characterization and a well tailored plot. The only thing that kept me from giving it another star was the author's continued use of "he said" "she said". It was very similar to Robert Parker's irritating habit and pulls you from the story. Can't anyone "comment" or "laugh" or "sneer"? Or just about anything but "said"?!
preiman790's review against another edition
4.0
I give this 4 stars not because on it's own i think it deserves it. I give it the stars because i think this is the start of something fantastic that just needs to pick up steam.
mmichellemoore's review against another edition
3.0
My first experience with Scalzi was reading Readshirts and while this novella is a different type of book I enjoyed it enough to pursue Old Man's War sometime in the future.