Set in the same universe as Old Man's War, Scalzi returns to familiar territory. Not having read all of the previous books in this series did not effected my understand in the least. I had no trouble keeping up. These are light fun reads, written in serial form. While the ending was not a cliffhanger, I would have been happier with a definitive resolution to the conflict, but alas we are going to continue to another series soon. It makes me think a bit of a modern day pulp (without the gore and with being extremely politically correct). It is a fun read with a mixture of humor and action. I have to admit I both admire Scalzi and the publishers for figuring out a way to squeeze more money out of me than the book was really worth. Old Man's War was truly a classic and I loved it along with everyone else. I STILL re-read it occasionally. With such amazing success, though, his publishers immediately got very, very greedy and have been charging exorbitant prices for his books ever since. None of the books I've read since were as good as Old Man's War (although Agent to the Stars and The Android's Dream were close). This latest scheme of charging 0.99 per chapter is both greedy and annoying...but smart. Scalzi is a good enough writer to get you hooked and he's always worth reading, even if it's not one of his best books, and I loved the OMW universe, so I figured I'd buy the first one and see. Well, at $12.87 for all 13 chapters, I'm feeling pretty ripped off because the book was 1) way too short, 2) a cliffhanger ending. This basically means that in order to read the rest, I'll likely have to continue shelling out $0.99 a chapter just to see what happens. The whole 13 parts to this serial were pretty good in themselves, but I feel like I've still only paid for about 1/3 of an actual book.Bah. Annoyed, but unfortunately hooked. Damn greedy publishers.
What do You think about Earth Below, Sky Above (2013)?
Wonderful conclusion to this series, really glad more are planned.
—Leahmichelleduran95
I am not ready for this to be over. *sigh* Second season \o/
—Casper
