Helpful Score: 3
Funny, original and politcally incorrect.
Once again, Scalzi hits a winner. Thinking out of the box as he does so well, this tale of interspecies intregue and political manipulations gone wrong reaffirms Scalzi's reputation as one of the brightest writers on the sf horizon.
Once again, Scalzi hits a winner. Thinking out of the box as he does so well, this tale of interspecies intregue and political manipulations gone wrong reaffirms Scalzi's reputation as one of the brightest writers on the sf horizon.
Helpful Score: 1
This is a well-written book. I enjoyed it despite the odd subject matter. Scalzi has been compared to Heinlein, and I certainly agree. I hope Scalzi will continue to produce stories that are a pleasure to read.
I've also read Scalzi's series 'Old Man's War' and found it to be well worth my time.
I've also read Scalzi's series 'Old Man's War' and found it to be well worth my time.
Helpful Score: 1
It took me a couple of chapters to get into this, but once I did, it was a lot of fun. This is a comedy-action-adventure story, kind of along the lines of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but not quite so goofy. This is set a couple hundred years in the future where aliens abound but Earth is still pretty low in the interstellar pecking order. Long story short, a specific and rare breed of sheep that only lives on Earth is essential to keeping the peace between Earth and a neighboring interstellar power. The race is on to find and control one of these sheep. Very entertaining and fun. My only complaint really is with the editing. This book is chock full of typos and missing/extra words. Was somebody in too much of a hurry to get this published to bother with proofreading?
Helpful Score: 1
Lively and witty, this was an excellent story that I read in one day. Scalzi is a tremendous new author and I look forward to all of his future works.
