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OLD MANS WAR

John Scalzi

  • Bindwijze: Paperback
  • Taal: en
  • Categorie: Fantasy & Sciencefiction
  • ISBN: 9780765348272
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Taal:en
Bindwijze:Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum:15 januari 2007
Aantal pagina's:362
Illustraties:Nee
Betrokkenen
Hoofdauteur:John Scalzi
Hoofdillustrator:Gary Blythe
Hoofdillustrator:Gary Blythe
Vertaling
Originele titel:Old Man's War
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Editie:2005 - pocket - first printing - 318 p.
Extra groot lettertype:Nee
Product breedte:108 mm
Product hoogte:19 mm
Product lengte:171 mm
Studieboek:Nee
Verpakking breedte:106 mm
Verpakking hoogte:27 mm
Verpakking lengte:172 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht:174 g
Overige kenmerken
Editie:2005 - pocket - first printing - 318 p.
Extra groot lettertype:Nee
Product breedte:108 mm
Product hoogte:19 mm
Product lengte:171 mm
Studieboek:Nee
Verpakking breedte:106 mm
Verpakking hoogte:27 mm
Verpakking lengte:172 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht:174 g

Samenvatting

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.

Old Man's War Series
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#2 The Ghost Brigades
#3 The Last Colony
#4 Zoe’s Tale
#5 The Human Division
#6 The End of All Things
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