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History of Feminism

sweetloukillbot

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2. Old Man's War is amazing...

Reply to TDale313 (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 6, 2014, 11:54 PM

Jul 2014

I've heard his writing described as taking the classic military and space opera sci-fi from the 50s and 60s and removing all the right wing politics, racism and sexism. Old Man's War takes "Starship Troopers" and turns it into an examination of love and marriage. "Redshirts" is a hilariously meta look at bad sci-fi TV. Everything I've read of his is great.
And he's apparently a great guy - I recently went to a con where he was a guest and I didn't manage to see him speak. I posted something to that affect on Facebook and he posted on my page "I hope sending you a message on Facebook makes up for not seeing me speak".

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The Ways the Scalzi Women Are Better Than Me: An Incomplete List [View all] ismnotwasm Jul 2014 OP

I may have to go get one of his books. TDale313 Jul 2014 #1

Old Man's War is amazing... sweetloukillbot Jul 2014 #2

Now I'm even more intrigued. TDale313 Jul 2014 #3

With that title you can probably guess what it's about... sweetloukillbot Jul 2014 #5

I'm jealous ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #4

Old Man's War just left me feeling happy... sweetloukillbot Jul 2014 #6

It's good ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #7

Well, I have to give him kudos for inventing the word "testerical", a word which fills a gap. eppur_se_muova Jul 2014 #8