Title: Old Man's War

Title: Old Man's War Title Record # 157782
Author: John Scalzi
Date: 2005-01-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Old Man's War
Series Number: 1
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: Humans from the rich nations of Earth have only 1 way to become colonists of other planets: Join the military. Help protect us against the aliens. Sign a document at 65, saying you intend to join up 10 years later. And if you're still here at 75, you'll be turned into a fit soldier. Is it youth serum? You don't know. They're very secretive.

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Other Titles

Translations

Year	Language	Title
2007^ⓘTranslated by Bernadette Emerich	French	Le vieil homme et la guerre
2007^ⓘTranslated by Юлиян Стойнов (Yuliyan Stoynov)	Bulgarian	Войната на старците^?Voynata na startsite [as by Джон Скалзи^?Dhzon Skalzi ]
2007^ⓘTranslated by Bernhard Kempen	German	Krieg der Klone
2009^ⓘTranslated by Luís Filipe Silva	Portuguese	A Guerra é Para os Velhos
2012^ⓘTranslated by Pék Zoltán	Hungarian	Vének háborúja^?Venek haboruja
2015^ⓘTranslated by Marian Truță	Romanian	Războiul bătrânilor^?Razboiul batranilor
2016^ⓘTranslated by Petê Rissatti	Portuguese	Guerra do velho

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
2	2006 Locus	Best First Novel
24	2006 Locus	Best SF Novel
3	2006 Hugo	Best Novel
1 ^ⓘ105 votes.	2012 Locus Online	21st Century Science Fiction Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Old Man's War	2005-01-00	John Scalzi	Tor	0-765-30940-8	$23.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	316	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Donato Giancola
Old Man's War	2005-02-00	John Scalzi	Tor / SFBC	1177949	$11.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	316	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Donato Giancola
Old Man's War	2006-01-00	John Scalzi	Tor (A Sci Fi Essential Book)	0-765-31524-6	$12.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	320	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	John Harris
Le vieil homme et la guerre	2007-01-00	John Scalzi	L'Atalante (La Dentelle du Cygne)	978-2-84172-356-0		373	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Didier Florentz
Old Man's War	2007-01-00	John Scalzi	Tor	978-0-7653-4827-2	$6.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	318	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	John Harris
Old Man's War	2007-04-01	John Scalzi	Tor	978-1-4299-1471-0	$7.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Old Man's War	2007-06-00	John Scalzi	Tor UK	978-0-330-45216-8	£6.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	314	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	John Harris
Войната на старците^?Voynata na startsite	2007-06-25	Джон Скалзи^?Dhzon Skalzi	Бард^?Bard ( Избрана световна фантастика^?Izbrana svetovna fantastika #139)	978-954-585-797-3	Lev 9.99^?Lev: Bulgarian lev. ISO codes: BGJ in 1881-1952, BGK in 1952-1962, BGL in 1962-1999, BGN since 1999	336	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Donato Giancola
Krieg der Klone	2007-07-00	John Scalzi	Heyne	978-3-453-52267-1	€7.95^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	429	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Mark Salwowski
Old Man's War	2007-08-00	John Scalzi	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-130-9	$60.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	230	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Vincent Chong
Old Man's War	2007-08-00	John Scalzi	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-130-9	$250.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	230	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Vincent Chong
Old Man's War	2007-10-02	John Scalzi	Macmillan Audio		$20.90^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel	John Harris
A Guerra é Para os Velhos	2009-00-00	John Scalzi	Gailivro (Mil e Um Mundos)	978-989-557-672-2		327	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	novel
Le vieil homme et la guerre	2010-04-00	John Scalzi	L'Atalante (La Dentelle du Cygne)	978-2-84172-356-0		373	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Didier Florentz
Old Man's War	2011-02-08	John Scalzi	Tor UK	978-0-330-53816-9	£1.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	John Harris
Vének háborúja^?Venek haboruja	2012-00-00	John Scalzi	Agave Könyvek^?Agave Konyvek	978-615-5049-74-3	Ft 2,880^?Ft: Hungarian forint. ISO code: HUF	252	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Kuszkó Rajmund
Old Man's War	2013-00-00	John Scalzi	Tor	978-0-7653-4827-2	$7.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	355	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	John Harris
Old Man's War Series	2014-08-26	John Scalzi	Tor	978-0-7653-7938-2	$23.97^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	omni
Războiul bătrânilor^?Razboiul batranilor	2015-08-02	John Scalzi	Editura Nemira (Nautilus)	978-606-758-341-0		296	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Old Man's War	2015-11-05	John Scalzi	Tor UK	978-1-4472-9537-2	£8.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	320	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Guerra do velho	2016-04-18	John Scalzi	Editora Aleph	978-85-7657-299-2	R$44.90^?R$: Brazilian real. ISO code: BRL	368	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Pedro Inoue
Le vieil homme et la guerre	2016-08-00	John Scalzi	Milady	978-2-8112-1777-8	€6.90^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	380	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Fred Augis
Krieg der Klone: Die Trilogie	2016-09-00	John Scalzi	Heyne	978-3-453-31776-5	€16.99^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	973	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
Old Man's War Series	2016-12-27	John Scalzi	Tor	978-0-7653-9676-1	$42.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
Old Man's War	2017-10-17	John Scalzi	Tor	978-0-7653-9485-9	$14.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	410	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	John Harris
Old Man's War	2024-11-19	John Scalzi	Tor	978-1-250-35973-5	$18.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	320	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Old Man's War	date unknown	John Scalzi	Tor	0-765-34827-6	$6.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	318	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	John Harris
Old Man's War	date unknown	John Scalzi	Tor	0-765-31524-6	$12.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	320	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	John Harris
Old Man's War	date unknown	John Scalzi	Tor / Pan Macmillan UK	0-330-45216-9	£6.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	318	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	John Harris
Old Man's War	date unknown	John Scalzi	Tor	0-765-34827-6	$6.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	318	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	John Harris
Old Man's War	date unknown	John Scalzi	Tor	0-765-31524-6	$12.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	320	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	John Harris
Old Man's War	date unknown	John Scalzi	Tor	0-765-30940-8	$23.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	320	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Donato Giancola
Old Man's War	date unknown	John Scalzi	Tor / Pan Macmillan UK	0-330-45216-9	£6.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	318	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	John Harris
Old Man's War	date unknown	John Scalzi	Tor	978-0-7653-4827-2	$6.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	318	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	John Harris
Old Man's War	date unknown	John Scalzi	Tor	978-0-7653-1524-3	$12.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	320	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	John Harris
Old Man's War	date unknown	John Scalzi	Tor	978-0-7653-4827-2	$7.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	362	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	John Harris
Old Man's War	date unknown	John Scalzi	Tor	0-765-34827-6	$6.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	318	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	John Harris
Old Man's War	date unknown	John Scalzi	Tor / Pan Macmillan UK	978-0-330-45216-8	£8.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	318	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	John Harris
Old Man's War	date unknown	John Scalzi	Tor UK	978-1-4472-9537-2	£7.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	318	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Old Man's War	date unknown	John Scalzi	Tor	978-0-7653-4827-2	$8.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	362	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	John Harris

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Reviews

Review by Rick Kleffel (2005) in Interzone, #197 March-April 2005
Review by Wolfgang Baur (2005) in Amazing Stories, March 2005
Review by Russell Letson (2005) in Locus, #531 April 2005
Review by Alan Fraser (2005) in Vector 241
Review by Michelle West (2005) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2005
Review by Robert K. J. Killheffer (2005) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2005
Review by Matthew Appleton (2006) in The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 2006
Review by uncredited (2006) in Vector 248
Review by Justin Howe (2006) in Strange Horizons, 18 September 2006
Review by uncredited (2007) in Vector 253
Review [German] by Ulrich Blode (2007) in Pandora, Fall 2007
Review by Alan Ziebarth (2013) in Argentus, #13