/lit/ - Literature

So, I read Old Man's War. I was surprised to read a lot of criticism shitting on it for not being hard sci-fi. Or highbrow enough. Or magically unique. Sci-fi fans seem to be ridiculously autistic. It was a great book that gripped me from start to finish. It kind of felt like Ender's Game for old men. Scalzi's writing is solid and direct without any annoying flourishes. He gets out of the way of the story. I don't feel it's a stretch to say that this is one of the best novels I've read in years. I feel like the reason people don't get this book is that they've simply never been married. Or they're not old enough to appreciate it.