Glorious Red Chutney

This episode is all about Old Man’s War, a military science fiction novel by John Scalzi. Aqiul Colombowala joins Pranay Parab to talk about the book and why everyone should read it.

Old Man’s War by John Scalzi

• The state of the world
  
  
  • Why it’s called Old Man’s War
  
  
  • Stereotypical characters
  
  
  • How it feels to read it for the second time
  
  
  • Fresh take on military SF
  
  
  • Not too serious, which works for military SF
  
  
  • Tyrannical humans
  
  
  • Various alien species
    
    
    • Covandu
      
      
      • Lilliputian species
      
      
      • Moral debates
      
      
      • Two-metre tall skyscrapers
      
      
    
    
    • Consu
      
      
      • Advanced species
      
      
      • Unclean aliens
      
      
      • Overkill nature
      
      
    
    
    • Rraey
      
      
      • Conspiracy with Consu
      
      
      • Attacking humans
      
      
      • Skip Drive
      
      
    
    
    • Don’t judge alien species by their looks
    
    
    • Total lack of diplomacy
    
    
  
  
  • Ghost Brigades
  
  
  • Love life scenes
  
  
  • Moral issues for Ghost Brigades
  
  
  • Colonial Defence Force and its advanced nature
  
  
  • Information drought back on Earth
  
  
  • First-person narrative
  
  
  • Star hops and time dilation
  
  
  • Social commentary on the impact of war
  
  


• Loopholes in the plot and what could’ve been better

Music: Popular Potpourri and Path Complete from PPPPPP by Magnus “Souleye” Pålsson.