@renofury said in General Recommendation Thread:
I want to recommend a novel (Series) to people that enjoyed "The Banner of the stars" or "Legends of the Galactic Hereos" this is another space opera set in a Universe were the human race is at war, with several other alien species that only think of humans as food.
The Series is Old Man's War by John Scali. So far I read the first two volumes in the series: Old's Man War and The Ghost Brigade. My thoughts on the first book were that I liked the character Old Man pov; it dealt with things like being old and losing your wife, family, romance, losing friends and war.
Even if this is a sci-fi most of the action takes place on the ground space battles served only as intro to the actual fighting on land. The technology was interesting and the races presented are different physically with have unique culture. Aliens are fun to name a few we have crab people, roaches people, bird people, spider with giraffe heads people.
The second book is in the point of view of another character; a "clone", and becoming a real person being able to do choices etc.
Worth checking out if you into this genre. After finishing all the six volumes I am planning to start the Honor Harrington series another space opera
Scalzi also has some wickedly funny stuff out there- anyone who has a history with fandom of space-opera/ Star Trek will find parts of Redshirts hilarious (and the book as a whole has dramatic moments and is a good story even if you don't care about Star Trek/ trekkies)
