Old Man's War

Only occasionally I get to read a book that make go "Wow!", merely because the strength of the plot and the charm of the charaters. Scalzi creates a full fledge world (universe, actually) very quick, very easily and very convincingly.

The story reminded me strongly of Hienlien's Starship Troopers (although the only common plot idea is war among the stars). As someone who grew up on Hienlien's books, that is a high praise.

There are two other books in the same universe, and I'm looking forward to reading them...