約翰·斯卡爾齊,美國當代著名科幻作傢和博客作傢,1969年5月10日齣生,畢業於芝加哥大學,現居俄亥俄州。
2005年,斯卡爾齊的處女作《垂暮之戰》由美國著名科幻齣版社Tor齣版,隨即獲該年度雨果奬最佳長篇提名,斯卡爾齊本人也因此榮膺 2006年度約翰·W·坎貝爾奬最佳新人奬。
受到獲奬的鼓勵,斯卡爾齊又創作瞭《垂暮之戰》的三部續作——《幽靈旅》《最後的殖民地》和《佐伊的故事》,且均受好評,其中,《最後的殖民地》獲得2008年雨果奬最佳長篇提名。
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. John Scalzi is a prolific journalist, columnist, and non-fiction writer whose books include "The Rough Guide to the Universe" and "The Book of the Dumb." His web journal The Whatever is one of the longest-established and most widely-read weblogs on the net. 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. "Solid . . . Scalzi] sidesteps most of the cliches of military science fiction, delivers fast-paced scenes of combat and pays attention to the science underpinning his premise."--"San Francisco Chronicle" "Scalzi's imagined interstellar arena is coherently and compellingly delineated . . . His speculative elements are top-notch. His combat scenes are blood-roiling. His dialogue is suitably snappy and profane. And the moral and philosophical issues he raises . . . insert useful ethical burrs under the military saddle of the story."--Paul Di Filippo, "The Washington Post""Thought-provoking "--"Entertainment Weekly" "Smartly conceived and thoroughly entertaining, Old Man's War is a splendid novel."-"Cleveland Plain Dealer" "When humanity reaches the stars, it discovers that it must defend its claim to new planets against alien races with similar expansionist tendencies. To ensure the expertise of its soldiers, Earth creates the Colonial Defense Force, an army of men and women otherwise classified as senior citizens, who give up their lives on Earth for an uncertain and perilous future among the stars. Scalzi's first novel presents a new approach to military sf, boasting an unusual cast of senior citizens as heroes. A good choice for most libraries."--"Library Journal" "Though a lot of SF writers are more or less efficiently continuing the tradition of Robert A. Heinlein, Scalzi's astonishingly proficient first novel reads like an original work by the late grand master . . . This virtuoso debut pays tribute to SF's past while showing that well-worn tropes still can have real zip when they're approached with ingenuity."--Publishers Weekly "(starred review)" "Gripping and surpassingly original. It's "Starship Troopers" without the lectures. It's "The Forever War" with better sex. It's funny, it's sad, and it's true."--Cory Doctorow"John Scalzi is a fresh and appealing new voice, and "Old Man's War" is classic SF seen from a modern perspective--a fast-paced tour of a daunting, hostile universe."--Robert Charles Wilson "I enjoyed "Old Man's War "immensely. A space war story with fast action, vivid characters, moral complexity and cool speculative physics, set in a future you almost want to live into, and a universe you sincerely hope you don't live in already."--Ken MacLeod
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節奏緊湊、人物鮮明,基本上已經是一本“好看”的小說瞭。雖然並沒有什麼特彆彆齣心裁的新點子(大多數的元素你甚至可以在起點的星戰文裏找到,除瞭書名暗示的那個老人當戰士的想法之外),但作者組織得非常之好。對文明的多樣性描述很閤我胃口,加一分。
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评分節奏緊湊、人物鮮明,基本上已經是一本“好看”的小說瞭。雖然並沒有什麼特彆彆齣心裁的新點子(大多數的元素你甚至可以在起點的星戰文裏找到,除瞭書名暗示的那個老人當戰士的想法之外),但作者組織得非常之好。對文明的多樣性描述很閤我胃口,加一分。
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