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I loved the book. Yea it's not ultra serious sci-fi. I do catch the Heinlein parallel. I also felt from a humor standpoint it had some of that Janet Evanovich type humor from the Stephanie Plum series. I liked the humorous undertones in the book and think that is somewhat unique for a sci-fi series. (Hitchhiker's Guide excepted).
Not sure I understand Altoano's question about the multiverse. That is the exact term many cosmologists are using today. From Stephen Hawking on his new book The Grand Design:
"In The Grand Design we explain why, according to quantum theory, the cosmos does not have just a single existence, or history, but rather that every possible history of the universe exists simultaneously. We question the conventional concept of reality, posing instead a "model-dependent" theory of reality. We discuss how the laws of our particular universe are extraordinarily finely tuned so as to allow for our existence, and show why quantum theory predicts the multiverse--the idea that ours is just one of many universes that appeared spontaneously out of nothing, each with different laws of nature. "
I actually thought the explanation of skip drive and the multiverse was a good one.
All in all Old Man's War is not what I'd call thought provoking science fiction. But if you are looking for a fun romp throught the galaxy, this is it. I enjoyed it a bunch. In fact almost finished with book 3. Book two does focus on Jane, and John is nowhere to be found. A little less humorous, but still good. The third is a good read as well. I'll skip Zoe's Tale.
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