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  • Old Man's War

    From BCFD 36@3:633/10 to All on Wed Nov 5 14:19:23 2025
    I started this series awhile back. I recently picked it up again. I am enjoying it, except he keeps killing off characters I like. Not as bad
    as in Game of Thrones, but enough to be annoying.

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    Dave Scruggs
    Senior Software Engineer - Lockheed Martin, et. al (mostly Retired)
    Captain - Boulder Creek Fire (Retired)
    Board of Directors - Boulder Creek Fire Protection District (What was I thinking?)


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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/10 to All on Thu Nov 6 00:42:58 2025
    On 11/5/2025 4:19 PM, BCFD 36 wrote:
    I started this series awhile back. I recently picked it up again. I am enjoying it, except he keeps killing off characters I like. Not as bad
    as in Game of Thrones, but enough to be annoying.

    Whatever you do, do not go to
    https://whatever.scalzi.com/
    and complain. Scalzi still uses the Mallet of Loving Correction
    extremely liberally. I know this from personal experience. Unlike his
    books which are mostly conservative, Scalzi is quite liberal in real life.

    In fact, I believe that I am mentioned in his Mallet book.

    https://www.amazon.com/Mallet-Loving-Correction-John-Scalzi-ebook/dp/B00F633XHI/

    Lynn


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  • From Mike Van Pelt@3:633/10 to All on Thu Dec 4 06:33:42 2025
    In article <10egihb$agf7$2@dont-email.me>, BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> wrote: >I started this series awhile back. I recently picked it up again. I am >enjoying it, except he keeps killing off characters I like. Not as bad

    I tried it way back when, but the premise just didn't work
    for me.

    When you get old and gray and arthritic, the Galactics say
    if you go to work for them, they will rejuvinate you, and
    make you immortal.

    That's the sales pitch.

    Thing is, no one ... not one person ... who took them up on
    this offer has ever been seen or heard from again. Ever.

    Even though the Galactics are human, for all anyone could
    possibly know, It's A Cookbook(TM).

    Of course, it isn't, but what they do is clone a copy of you,
    upload a copy of your mind into the copy, and euthanize you.
    --
    Mike Van Pelt | "I don't advise it unless you're nuts."
    mvp at calweb.com | -- Ray Wilkinson, after riding out Hurricane
    KE6BVH | Ike on Surfside Beach in Galveston

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