The second series of books in this year's Reading Gauntlet are science-fiction pics. Peter Watts' Starfish is his first published book, and though the concept was good, the plot didn't go anywhere. His later works are better. Joe Haldeman's The Forever War is a legend in the science-fiction community, and for good reason: he looks at what an alien war across the galaxy looks like when you figure in how a soldier could live hundreds of years dependent on light-speed travel. David Brin's The Postman was a bit of a let-down; the book was decent, but I just couldn't get into his writing style. It be like that sometimes. The Ghost Brigades is the second novel in John Scalzi's Old Man's War Series, and it was just as great as the first. I really like his writing style, and his world-building is top knotch. I'm looking forward to finishing the series.
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