SFRevu Review & Interview + SF Book Club Release
Posted on January 1, 2005 Posted by John Scalzi 2 Comments
Merry New Year. I hope you’re all still with us, and if you’re not, well, you won’t be reading this anyway.
To start off the year, some Old Man’s War news:
1. SFRevu.com has both a feature review of Old Man’s War and an interview with me about the book and other topics. The review is positive, which is nice: “it behooves you to catch Scalzi now, both to encourage this promising author and to enjoy his strong start.” And of course I’m inclined to agree. SFRevu.com editor Ernest Lilley also asked some pretty interesting questions for the interview, so I think the responses are a cut above my usual blatheration. Check ’em out.
2. Two other reviews of the book, also nicely positive, from Chad Orzel (“It’s very much a book in the tradition of Robert Heinlein, only, you know, not so annoyingly polemical”) and Andrew Cory, who puts the book into some rather long-term perspective: “It would do Humanity no irreparable harm if, in 500 years, this book is utterly forgotten. After all, we have only a bare few of the plays of Aeschylus. My own life, however, would be the poorer had I not the opportunity to read this book.” As I do tend to write for people today rather than the ones half a millennia from now, I can live with this.
3. Those of you who have been waiting for Old Man’s War to show up at the Science Fiction Book Club need wait no longer: It’s now listed, and for $11.99, which isn’t a bad price. And if you’re not a member, you can always sign up and pick it as part of your 5 books for $1 introductory price (although you’ll have to pay full club price for four other books over the course of a year — one of those pesky details). As I’ve mentioned before, it matters not to me how you get the book, so if you’re a club member, get it that way. The book is also an Alternate Book for the club’s “Winter” offering, which I understand goes up for consideration within the week.
That’s the current book news.
Nice to see some love for Steven Brust – I recently finished re-reading everything I own by him (which is pretty much everything, minus “To Reign In Hell” which I borrow from my brother and a few other tidbits), and it held up so incredibly well.
Actually, I had the same thought as the first commenter. Brust is easily my favorite author, and I felt a little thrill to see that you liked him. I actually feel a little thrill just knowing that anyone knows who he is – no one I talk to ever does, for whatever reason.