Old Man’s War by John Scalzi

“Old minds + young bodies = the battle to colonize outer-space”

Overview: Old Man's War follows John Perry, a 75 year old man who upon turning that age has signed up with the enigmatic Colonial Defense Force. No one on earth knows much about them except for they only recruit people over the age of 75 and have more advanced technology than anyone else on earth.

I’m not really into books written in 1st person, but this was fantastic. I ended up finishing it in 3 days. Luckily, this is the first in a series that I will undoubtedly work my way through.

As far as sci-fi goes, and writing sci-fi myself, it’s always interesting to see what new technologies are featured, and Old Man’s War had a ton of awesome concepts and new tech. Despite taking place in distant solar systems and universes, because it’s main characters are humans and is military-based, both the dialogue and plot are intriguing and easy to follow (despite the odd names of the various alien species).