The Human Division
March 3, 2025 4:19 PM - Subscribe
Following the events of The Last Colony, John Scalzi tells the story of the fight to maintain the unity of the human race.
Written by MeFi's own jscalzi.
The people of Earth now know that the human Colonial Union has kept them ignorant of the dangerous universe around them. For generations the CU had defended humanity against hostile aliens, deliberately keeping Earth an ignorant backwater and a source of military recruits. Now the CU's secrets are known to all. Other alien races have come on the scene and formed a new alliance—an alliance against the Colonial Union. And they've invited the people of Earth to join them. For a shaken and betrayed Earth, the choice isn't obvious or easy.
Against such possibilities, managing the survival of the Colonial Union won't be easy, either. It will take diplomatic finesse, political cunning…and a brilliant "B Team," centered on the resourceful Lieutenant Harry Wilson, that can be deployed to deal with the unpredictable and unexpected things the universe throws at you when you're struggling to preserve the unity of the human race.
In honor of the 20th anniversary of Old Man's War, and in anticipation of September's release of book 7 of the series The Shattering Peace, we're revisiting this SF mainstay with one post a week for the next 2 weeks.
This is a 'Reread' post, comments that touch on future events in the series are most welcome.
Written by MeFi's own jscalzi.
The people of Earth now know that the human Colonial Union has kept them ignorant of the dangerous universe around them. For generations the CU had defended humanity against hostile aliens, deliberately keeping Earth an ignorant backwater and a source of military recruits. Now the CU's secrets are known to all. Other alien races have come on the scene and formed a new alliance—an alliance against the Colonial Union. And they've invited the people of Earth to join them. For a shaken and betrayed Earth, the choice isn't obvious or easy.
Against such possibilities, managing the survival of the Colonial Union won't be easy, either. It will take diplomatic finesse, political cunning…and a brilliant "B Team," centered on the resourceful Lieutenant Harry Wilson, that can be deployed to deal with the unpredictable and unexpected things the universe throws at you when you're struggling to preserve the unity of the human race.
In honor of the 20th anniversary of Old Man's War, and in anticipation of September's release of book 7 of the series The Shattering Peace, we're revisiting this SF mainstay with one post a week for the next 2 weeks.
This is a 'Reread' post, comments that touch on future events in the series are most welcome.
I loved the whole "B Team" concept. Hafte Sorvalh is also great.
posted by jenfullmoon at 9:29 AM on March 10
posted by jenfullmoon at 9:29 AM on March 10
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Loved the water ceremony. I would love to know where jscalzi got that idea.
posted by Thorzdad at 1:41 PM on March 4