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The Last Colony

By John Scalzi

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| eBook | 9780330478441

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John Perry has at last found peace in a violent universe, living quietly with his family in one of humanity’s many colonies. It’s a good life, yet there’s something . . . missing. When John and his wife Jane are asked to lead a new colony world, he jumps at the chance to explore the universe once moContinue

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SR09 Review: The Last Colony by John Scalzi (UKTor)

The Last Colony by John Scalzi Published by UK Tor and Out Now I have a problem with The Last Colony. It has this character Jane Sagan in it who is a main character from The Ghost Brigades and I can’t remember here. I can’t remember much of it to be ... (read full critics)

nextread published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

2 Reviews

I am realising that reading a John Scalzi novel takes me less time than reading any other author's books. Not because his writing is particularly simple or dull and "skippable", but because it is so captivating.
The story is really good, although there is a (minor) flaw: the side characters are not ... (continue)

I am realising that reading a John Scalzi novel takes me less time than reading any other author's books. Not because his writing is particularly simple or dull and "skippable", but because it is so captivating.
The story is really good, although there is a (minor) flaw: the side characters are not very developed. Anyone except for Joe Perry and Jane Sagan seems pretty "flat", they don't change much, they seem to be somehow background features rather than (relatively) minor characters. And this happens not only for characters that only appear for a few scenes (see the anyway lovely Hiram Yoder or Maria Black) but also for more relevant individuals (Manfred Trujillo, Szilard...).
Still a fully enjoyable read.

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Marco Piva said on Sep 7, 2011 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

Last of three books from this wonderfull writer. This trilogy is well above the mass of books I've read so far. While reading this, I strugled to take and read again the previous Old man's war.
... and is very likely I'll do it quite soon.

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Gundam70 said on Nov 4, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback