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This episode is all about Old Man’s War, a military science fiction novel by John Scalzi. Aqiul Colombowala joins Pranay Parab to talk about the book and why everyone should read it.

Old Man’s War by John Scalzi

  • The state of the world
    • Why it’s called Old Man’s War
    • Stereotypical characters
    • How it feels to read it for the second time
    • Fresh take on military SF
    • Not too serious, which works for military SF
    • Tyrannical humans
    • Various alien species
      • Covandu
        • Lilliputian species
        • Moral debates
        • Two-metre tall skyscrapers
        • Consu
          • Advanced species
          • Unclean aliens
          • Overkill nature
          • Rraey
            • Conspiracy with Consu
            • Attacking humans
            • Skip Drive
            • Don’t judge alien species by their looks
            • Total lack of diplomacy
            • Ghost Brigades
            • Love life scenes
            • Moral issues for Ghost Brigades
            • Colonial Defence Force and its advanced nature
            • Information drought back on Earth
            • First-person narrative
            • Star hops and time dilation
            • Social commentary on the impact of war
            • Loopholes in the plot and what could’ve been better

              • Music: Popular Potpourri and Path Complete from PPPPPP by Magnus “Souleye” Pålsson.

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