Old Man’s War by John Scalzi

The hero of Old Man’s War is 75 years old. But at first glance, the ingredients in this book seem even older. Few sci-fi plots are more over-worked than the space war with aliens—just look at H.G. Wells or Orson Welles, or other storytellers who went to this now almost dry well one time too many. In fact, almost every chapter in this book will remind yo…