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jwharris28
Posted 2015-01-29 8:04 PM (#9397 - in reply to #9396)
Subject: Re: The Definitive 1950s Reading Challenge		Quote Reply



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illegible_scribble - 2015-01-29 7:49 PM

For me, if Scalzi had left him in a failing body to go off and fight in an interstellar war, it would have pretty much trashed any suspension of disbelief.

I'm curious why you no longer think of him as an "old man". His essence is still the same; he's still got the same personality, and his manydecades of experience and wisdom. He's still an old man -- and far from ordinary. He's justbeen put into a different container.



But the story started me off with the belief that the old guy was going to find a new purpose when he was old. I thought Scalzi was going to give reasons to be old and living in space. Which could be true. Having an old body in low gravity might extend our abilities. Also, old people don't have to worry about their reproductive organs being damaged by radiation. I thought the story started off promising geezers in space, and I liked that idea. I'm not against SF about rejuvenation, but I was intrigued by old people finding new life in outer space. That would have been a new and unique plot twist.

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