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Originally Posted by McGonigle
John Scalzi's The Human Division, and there's the Old Man's War series which I haven't read yet.
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Isn't The Human Division part of the Old Man's War series?
Anyway, Old Man's War was pretty good, though it did not hook me enough to continue the series.
Scalzi's "Redshirts" is a heck of a lot of fun for someone who grew up with Star Trek and is tired of "the usual fare" in that idiom. I recommend it.
Also, while I share the OP's distaste for post-apocalyptic dystopia stuff, "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline, while set in against a somewhat dystopian background, is mostly a techno-romp through '80s pop-culture. And the audio book, read by Wil Wheaton, is very well done.
I also highly recommend the "Traders Tales" books by Nathan Lowell, available as free audio downloads. They are a delightful change of pace. If I tried to describe the plot, you'd never think it could be interesting. But it is.