Old Man's War

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约翰·斯卡尔齐,美国当代著名科幻作家和博客作家,1969年5月10日出生,毕业于芝加哥大学,现居俄亥俄州。

2005年,斯卡尔齐的处女作《垂暮之战》由美国著名科幻出版社Tor出版,随即获该年度雨果奖最佳长篇提名,斯卡尔齐本人也因此荣膺 2006年度约翰·W·坎贝尔奖最佳新人奖。

受到获奖的鼓励,斯卡尔齐又创作了《垂暮之战》的三部续作——《幽灵旅》《最后的殖民地》和《佐伊的故事》,且均受好评,其中,《最后的殖民地》获得2008年雨果奖最佳长篇提名。

出版者:Tor Science Fiction
作者:John Scalzi
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页数:318
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出版时间:2007-1-15
价格:USD 7.99
装帧:Mass Market Paperback
isbn号码:9780765348272
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  • 美国 
  • 幽默 
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  • SCI-FI 
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John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army. The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce--and alien races willing to fight us for them are common. So: we fight. To defend Earth, and to stake our own claim to planetary real estate. Far from Earth, the war has been going on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding. Earth itself is a backwater. The bulk of humanity's resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force. Everybody knows that when you reach retirement age, you can join the CDF. They don't want young people; they want people who carry the knowledge and skills of decades of living. You'll be taken off Earth and never allowed to return. You'll serve two years at the front. And if you survive, you'll be given a generous homestead stake of your own, on one of our hard-won colony planets. John Perry is taking that deal. He has only the vaguest idea what to expect. Because the actual fight, light-years from home, is far, far harder than he can imagine--and what he will become is far stranger. John Scalzi is a prolific journalist, columnist, and non-fiction writer whose books include "The Rough Guide to the Universe" and "The Book of the Dumb." His web journal The Whatever is one of the longest-established and most widely-read weblogs on the net. John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army. The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce--and alien races willing to fight us for them are common. So: we fight. To defend Earth, and to stake our own claim to planetary real estate. Far from Earth, the war has been going on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding. Earth itself is a backwater. The bulk of humanity's resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force. Everybody knows that when you reach retirement age, you can join the CDF. They don't want young people; they want people who carry the knowledge and skills of decades of living. You'll be taken off Earth and never allowed to return. You'll serve two years at the front. And if you survive, you'll be given a generous homestead stake of your own, on one of our hard-won colony planets. John Perry is taking that deal. He has only the vaguest idea what to expect. Because the actual fight, light-years from home, is far, far harder than he can imagine--and what he will become is far stranger. "Solid . . . Scalzi] sidesteps most of the cliches of military science fiction, delivers fast-paced scenes of combat and pays attention to the science underpinning his premise."--"San Francisco Chronicle" "Scalzi's imagined interstellar arena is coherently and compellingly delineated . . . His speculative elements are top-notch. His combat scenes are blood-roiling. His dialogue is suitably snappy and profane. And the moral and philosophical issues he raises . . . insert useful ethical burrs under the military saddle of the story."--Paul Di Filippo, "The Washington Post""Thought-provoking "--"Entertainment Weekly" "Smartly conceived and thoroughly entertaining, Old Man's War is a splendid novel."-"Cleveland Plain Dealer" "When humanity reaches the stars, it discovers that it must defend its claim to new planets against alien races with similar expansionist tendencies. To ensure the expertise of its soldiers, Earth creates the Colonial Defense Force, an army of men and women otherwise classified as senior citizens, who give up their lives on Earth for an uncertain and perilous future among the stars. Scalzi's first novel presents a new approach to military sf, boasting an unusual cast of senior citizens as heroes. A good choice for most libraries."--"Library Journal" "Though a lot of SF writers are more or less efficiently continuing the tradition of Robert A. Heinlein, Scalzi's astonishingly proficient first novel reads like an original work by the late grand master . . . This virtuoso debut pays tribute to SF's past while showing that well-worn tropes still can have real zip when they're approached with ingenuity."--Publishers Weekly "(starred review)" "Gripping and surpassingly original. It's "Starship Troopers" without the lectures. It's "The Forever War" with better sex. It's funny, it's sad, and it's true."--Cory Doctorow"John Scalzi is a fresh and appealing new voice, and "Old Man's War" is classic SF seen from a modern perspective--a fast-paced tour of a daunting, hostile universe."--Robert Charles Wilson "I enjoyed "Old Man's War "immensely. A space war story with fast action, vivid characters, moral complexity and cool speculative physics, set in a future you almost want to live into, and a universe you sincerely hope you don't live in already."--Ken MacLeod

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这本书其实故事并不算得第一流。 可打了五分,因为觉得很打动人。 科幻小说的独特之处当然在于超越现实之外的设定和铺陈。可一部好的科幻小说,绝不仅此而已。我觉得这恐怕也是为什么中国的科幻小说不够好看的最大问题所在。 也许有些人不在乎。 科幻小说虽然有不一样的外壳,...  

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为了培养上初中的儿子对数学物理的兴趣,从小树立为人类科学进步奋斗的远大理想,从儿子上小学起,我就开始买科幻小说给他看。《三体》、《银河帝国》、《》。。不知道对儿子的学习兴趣有没有激发,反正,爹地我的阅读兴趣是被激发出来了。这不,五一长假,又买了几本美国佬Joh...  

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谈不上深度,谈不上立意,谈不上想象力,谈不上对异星文明的描画,这其实只是一篇实实在在的好莱坞商业片剧本。让你一口气读完,让你爽到了,就可以了。  

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我爱关于宇宙,星球,外来生物和智慧,未来的题材。 在网上查了,它还有另一个名字,垂暮之战,the old man war。 主人公约翰 佩里在他75岁的时候参加了殖民自卫军,这是一个保护人类在宇宙的殖民地和人类的军队,他们征集75岁以上的老人入伍。这个开头就够有悬念的。故事的前...  

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这篇书评其实跟这本书没有太大的关系,纯粹是我今天又看了一遍“the man from earth”以后,自己有些有意思的想法需要写下来。 看到老人战争里面的意识转换机,突然想起来了阿西莫夫的一个叫做永生的短篇,大概是神可以制作出一个和你大脑一摸一样的计算机,然后在你死去的瞬...

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I hope it comes true one day and when I am 75 I can join this army and have a different but intriguing life instead of waiting for death. I love Science fiction. good one.

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I hope it comes true one day and when I am 75 I can join this army and have a different but intriguing life instead of waiting for death. I love Science fiction. good one.

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I hope it comes true one day and when I am 75 I can join this army and have a different but intriguing life instead of waiting for death. I love Science fiction. good one.

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I hope it comes true one day and when I am 75 I can join this army and have a different but intriguing life instead of waiting for death. I love Science fiction. good one.

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