Jane Sagan: Soldier. Killer. Lover. Dreamer.
In John Scalzi’s best-selling Old Man’s War series of science-fiction novels, we see this warrior woman as the other characters see her: silent and strong, from the outside. But now The Sagan Diary shows us Sagan from another point of view – her own. As she prepares to leave military life and join her new husband and adopted daughter on a colony world, Sagan reflects on her life, in her own words – recalling friends, battles, and experiences; illustrating all the violence and wonder of her times; trying to fit “an entire life into this compressed space”.
For fans of Scalzi’s works, it’s an intimate and surprising glimpse into one of his most popular characters. As read by Stephanie Wolfe, it’s unlike any other science-fiction story you’ll hear this year.
Rides on the coattails of the Old Man’s Wars name…. Love this series, but this book, eh. I know what he was doing, but didn’t hold much interest for me.I wish it would of went into more detail on her thoughts and feelings, especially towards Zoe and Perry. They are the central points in her life and they deserved more information on how she felt towards them. He should of also went into details on her interaction with SF after leaving, that is also key. But this seems like a means of getting more money. Take a few notes, put them together and…
An extremely disappointing addition to the “Old Man’s War” series. I read and thoroughly enjoyed “Old Man’s War” and “The Ghost Brigades”. Since this book was about the experiences of one of the main characters in both books, I had high expectations of this one.Unfortunately, it is just a flow of consciousness mishmash of short snippets. This makes it largely unintelligible and frustrating to read. I finished it, hoping that it would improve, but it never did.Skip this one.
aka Getting To Know Me This novella is for serious (s-e-r-i-o-u-s) Old Man’s War fans because of its sheer nature of getting inside the mind of one of the CDF’s greatest soldiers. If you aren’t familiar with the Old Man’s War series, this treatise will probably be found to be over-the-top in CDF (Colonial Defense Forces) jargon and explanations.Â