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The Last Colony

By John Scalzi

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| Hardcover | 9780765316974

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Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his wife, former Special Forces warrior Jane Sagan, he farms several acres, adjudicates local disputes, and enjoys watching his adopted daughter grow up.
That is, until his and JaneContinue

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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 | 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 | Add your feedback