Of Interest Primarily to Norwegians

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1. shatle says:
   April 23, 2012 at 5:00 pm

   As a person of 100% Norwegian descent, I approve!
2. Peter Cibulskis says:
   April 23, 2012 at 5:06 pm

   “So far we have gone out with fabulous names such as Joe Haldeman, Orson Scott Card and Neal Stephenson.

   But when it was time for a title of some recent, namely John Scalzis The old war (Old Man’s War). This is an extremely entertaining and wise novel about old age, war, politics, history, colonization and alien cultures.”

   Either norse is really easy to translate or google translate is getting better.
3. mostraum says:
   April 23, 2012 at 5:25 pm

   Cool. I’ve already read it, but it will be cool to read it in Norwegian too.
   Also the country is called Norge or Noreg (we can’t agree) in Norwegian :-)
4. JJS says:
   April 23, 2012 at 5:25 pm

   What, no cover picture? We hope to see one soon.
5. John Joseph Adams says:
   April 23, 2012 at 6:00 pm

   Given Scandinavia is home to many of the world’s death metal bands–and that Old Man’s War is pretty damn metal–I think someone should write and perform a death metal song called “Old Man’s War” to celebrate this momentous occasion. I’m reminded of the death metal band Ghost Brigade, of course, given Scalzi’s book The Ghost Brigades, but they are Finnish, not Norwegian. There is a black metal band called Old Man’s CHILD, however, that IS from Norway. That’s almost Old Man’s War, as raising a child can be much like waging a war from what I hear. Perhaps they should collaborate to pay tribute to the Scalzi.
6. Retief says:
   April 23, 2012 at 6:25 pm

   I thought everyone in Norwegia already spoke English.
7. scorpius says:
   April 23, 2012 at 7:17 pm

   Norway? You have a lot of Viking fans?
8. lif strand says:
   April 23, 2012 at 8:03 pm

   I married a Norwegian – doesn’t mean I am willing to read Old Man’s War (great book!) in Norwegian, that’s for sure.
9. htom says:
   April 24, 2012 at 12:40 am

   Part Norwegian, even though the USMC thinks that part of me (Grandma W’s great-grandfather was Norwegian) is Swedish (we weren’t allowed to put “American” as our ancestory then; the other ancestors in that generation were all born here — or claimed to be!)
10. Other Rick says:
    April 24, 2012 at 1:14 am

    Is it in Nynorsk or Bokmål?
11. egilgeir says:
    April 24, 2012 at 3:28 am

    I hope that the translation of the book itself does not contain the same ratio of errors as the blurb on the website. I guess it can be difficult to translate the style of english to norwegian (bokmål), so some allowances must be made. But there are some real errors in that translated blurb too, if I am not very mistaken. I guess I will have to buy the book and read it to see.
12. Steinar Bang says:
    April 24, 2012 at 4:33 am

    Not to rain on your parade, but the language of the blurb was very stilted… did they use auto translate…?

    “John Perry gjorde to ting på sin syttifem års dag. Først besøkte han graven til sin kone. Så meldte han seg frivillig inn i hæren.”

    Offhand I would have formulated it something like this:
    “På 75-årsdagen sin gjorde John Perry to ting: Først besøkte han sin kones grav. Så vervet han seg til hæren.”

    Oh well! I read it in English a couple of years back. Loved it! It is on my reread list, and so are its sequels.
13. Stokka says:
    April 24, 2012 at 5:10 am

    To those concerned: There’s a huge difference between a blog post, and a translation. Vendetta publishing will take great care of Old Man’s War. A blog post is not really subject to great scrutinizing from our side. It’s a blog. Not a book. It’s a blog. Not a press release.
    Thank you.
    We’re extremely excited to be the publisher of The Old Man’s War!

    The Norwegian publisher.
14. Illur says:
    April 24, 2012 at 7:49 am

    I wonder if/when there will be a swedish translation. Reading norwegian is headache inducing.
15. PugC says:
    April 24, 2012 at 1:24 pm

    Pretty surprised and impressed that we get a norwegian translation before a swedish one, as the swedish marked is about twice the size of the norwegian. Congrats to Mr.Scalzi and good luck to Vendetta, the publisher.
16. Gulliver says:
    April 24, 2012 at 1:34 pm

    Anyone else see this and immediately hear Robert Plant belting out the opening line to Immigrant Song?
17. Jason says:
    April 24, 2012 at 1:38 pm

    I’m still waiting to read it in the original Klingon.
18. Stephen Mackenzie says:
    April 25, 2012 at 4:06 am

    Will the Norwegian “Old Man’s War” explain what happened to Norway in “Old Man’s War”?
19. Robert says:
    April 25, 2012 at 7:05 am

    I am a little bit surprised that there is a demand for a translation. In my experience, Norwegians are very good at reading and speaking english.
    But anyway, good news averyone!
20. scottywan82 says:
    April 25, 2012 at 3:44 pm

    No pretty new cover? *sadface*
21. helgaleena says:
    April 25, 2012 at 7:57 pm

    Norsk is a very good compromise between the Dansk and the Svensk I think.
22. norwegian black metal says:
    May 9, 2012 at 7:44 pm

    I think Norwegians are cool…Especially Norwegian Black Metal Bands…I’m a metal head and really love black metal music from Norway..\m/

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