Old Man's War - Book Review
Old Man's War - by John Scalzi - is a SF military novel in the tradition of Starship Troopers or Forever War. The cute twist in the generic formula is that everyone on the CDF (Colony Defense Forces) is recruited from people about to be 75 years old. You see, no one on Earth has the technology to rejuvenate people, but they do, so many people reason that it is better to go fight for the CDF and be young again - even if there are high odds that you will die in combat. The rejuvenation process is kept secret, both on Earth and on the novel till it is actually done to the main character. Still, I imagine many SF readers will guess what they do when the preparation starts. And given the alternatives and their stated tech level, it is what makes most sense, except for the fact the memories are presumed to have a chemical nature. But you can't have everything. Travel between planets is done with the Skip drive. I won't explain how it works to avoid spoilers, but it behaves ...