I first encountered John Scalzi’s writing courtesy of his blog Whatever in late 2008, and found a funny and insightful writer. Naturally, I wanted to sample some of his books, and as it happened, The Last Colony was the only book I could get my hands on at the time.
This is sort-of-important because The Last Colony is the third in a series of books collectively known as Old Man’s War series, or OMW for short. But this is by no means an impediment, as Scalzi makes sure that any new reader is brought up to speed on the important bits even as he gets this story moving.
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