umar <866013149b@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "songbird" <songbird@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
>>Russ Allbery wrote:
>>>songbird writes:
>
>>>> i this is the guy that reads like rehashed dianutics?
>>>
>>> No, this is the guy who reads like Heinlein with a better grasp of
>>> characters and language, but without as much original newness. At
>>> least that was my general impression of Old Man's War; I have the
>>> next two in the series to read now.
>
>> i gave up after 2nd.
>
> I read all three, but had diffidulty getting past the idea that
> consciousness is not inherent in the body.
>
I've only read the first one, but it really blew me away. Then again, I
really like pre-1955 Heinlein and Scalzi doesn't get compared without
reason or merit, IMO.
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