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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington
It's set in that universe and tangentially related to the other books and knowing the previous books is not essential, but I think you'll wish you had read "Old Man's War" for basic background info.
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Originally Posted by Manabi
That book was actually published serially, each chapter sold stand-alone as eBooks for 99 cents. Then once it was finished, it was combined and sold both as a print book and an eBook. That's why it reads that way, it wasn't really written as a traditional book.
You don't have to read them in order, but you will miss a lot of context and it will spoil some things for you, in particular the events of The Last Colony, the book that precedes it. The whole series is well worth a read, Scalzi's writing is funny and entertaining and the Old Man's War universe is quite an interesting one. If you like Locked In, you will probably like everything he's written. The witty character dialogue is in basically all of them. 
BTW, the big publishing deal he signed recently includes a sequel to Locked In in the future!  |
You've convinced me! I'll buy The Human Division now and put the others on wish list and see if they go on sale too.
Edit: I just bought it and Amazon's one click system never ceases to amaze me.
I can buy a book with no password, but in order to view the details of my order, I need to enter my password.