Old Scalzi's War

[jsbowden]

So, I read Old Man's War yesterday.

I forget the term normally used for the male equivalent of a 'Mary Sue', but really, the main character is a writer from Ohio.

Not that it was a bad book. It was an enjoyable enough read, but I couldn't bury that tidbit above while doing so.

If I were feeling charitable, I'd say it was because making people up from whole cloth is hard and it was just easier to write what he knew.

Someday, I may be in a charitable mood. Today, I'm feeling snarky.

Comments

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

Gary Stu or Marty Stu are the ones I've heard.

And yeah, there's a little of that (though John Perry was an advertising writer, not a novelist), but Perry reminded me of the Heinlein-style heroes, which was more accurate, I thought, than just "Marty Stu," and probably intentional.

[jsbowden.livejournal.com]

You DO know what Scalzi wrote prior to becoming a published novelist? And still does, in fact, to supplement his income (at least, until recently anyway, if I'm recalling recent Whatever updates).

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

...come to think of it, no, I didn't know. (Or didn't remember. No difference.)