PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
The Last Colony will kick your butt across the galaxy and make you care. --Rick Kleffel, The Agony Column, on The Last Colony Scalzi's captivating blend of off-world adventure and political intrigue remains consistently engaging. --Booklist on The Last Colony In Heinleinesque fashion, the book is loaded with scenes of comradeship, isolation, ruthlessness and the protocols, which govern the lives of active-duty soldiers. But this is where Scalzi, famous for his blog 'The Whatever, ' surpasses Heinlein. Scalzi weaves in subtle discussions of humanity's growing fear of aging and our simultaneous attraction and repulsion to the Frankenstein-like creatures we are able to create. --San Antonio Express-News on The Ghost Brigades
