The Last Colony, Scalzi. Yes. This is the third volume in Scalzi’s “Old Man’s War” series. After I had become accustomed to the primary mode of conflict in the first two books, I was a bit disappointed by the change-up at the beginning of this one. But damned if Scalzi didn’t find a way to suck me right back in again (and yes, he cheats a little, but only in a good way).
Little mechanical things continue to distract. The odd typo here and there is sadly expected these days, but opening a chapter with a sentence in which the word “plant” appears when the word “planet” is intended is egregious.

Old Man’s War and The Ghost Brigades, Scalzi. Yes. Scalzi has some genuinely big ideas here, and has written stories that are nearly worthy of them. To be fair, it would take many, many volumes to explore even a fraction of the central idea, and Scalzi does eventually at least nod to some of the larger implications, so I don’t hold that against the works. I do hold against them their lack of mechanical and editorial perfection, but editing and mechanics are no worse than I have come to expect from Tor.