Old Man’s War Series

Got popularity? I don't know if you can find a more popular science fiction writer right now. He's socially astute, spot on with his commentary and is nearly too cool to maintain his geek cred. You've heard of Old Man's War, it's well on its way to becoming a Paramount block-buster movie. For some really good reasons too. Scalzi gives us something unique, an older protagonist meshed with a militaristic science fiction future, sort of. He gives the old man a young body with all kinds of special abilities but the character maintains an older mentality. His universe includes nano-technology, consciousness transfers and body mod. This series offers an updated take on familiar military-oriented science fiction although it retains many of the tropes of earlier works in the same sub-genre, taking some of the best from Starship Troopers and The Forever War (both considered great science fiction works). There are six books in the series with more possible. Now truth be told, it's the first book with the most shebang with the sequels never quite living up to the initial greatness. But the world and ideas presented do make for a hell of a ride throughout the whole series. Other science fiction might be more cerebral or philosophical inducing, but these books are sure as hell fun to read. The Old Man's War was nominated for the Hugo but then - well, someone else won. One of the great lessons of science fiction is that the fans often drive the future. Read Scalzi because he's dope. If you don't know who he is or what he writes you're a putz.