Old Man's War series

Old Man's War

Author	John Scalzi
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Tor Books
No. of books	6
Website	Preview site

The Old Man's War series is a series of science fiction novels by John Scalzi. The first book in the series, Old Man's War , was first published in 2005 by Tor Books, and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2006. ^[1]

Television series adaptation

In August 2014 SyFy announced that they are working on developing a TV series based on the Old Man's War series, currently called Ghost Brigades, with Wolfgang Petersen overseeing development. ^[2]

In December 2017, it was announced that Netflix had acquired Old Man's War and would develop it as an original film. ^[3] As of January 2024, Netflix is "slowly but surely moving along" on the adaptation. ^[4]

Works

#	Title	Pages	Word count	Date	Release	ISBN
1	Old Man's War	320	90,566 [5]	2005	Tor Books	ISBN   0-7653-0940-8
	Questions for a Soldier		5,412	December 2005	Subterranean Press chapbook	ISBN   1-59606-048-4
2	The Ghost Brigades	320	103,335 [6]	February 2006	Tor Books	ISBN   0-7653-1502-5
	The Sagan Diary		12,700 [7]	February 2007	Subterranean Press; April 2008, Audible.com	ISBN   978-1-59606-103-3
3	The Last Colony	320	92,059 [8]	April 2007	Tor Books	ISBN   0-7653-1697-8
	After the Coup		7,083	July 2008	Tor.com eBook	ASIN   B003V4B4PM
4	Zoe's Tale	336	90,000 [9]	August 2008	Tor Books	ISBN   0-7653-1698-6
5	The Human Division	432	130,000 [10]	May 2013	Tor Books	ISBN   978-0-7653-3351-3
	Hafte Sorvalh Eats a Churro and Speaks to the Youth of Today			May 2013	Tor Books
6	The End of All Things	384	99,000 [11]	August 2015	Tor Books	ISBN   978-0-7653-7607-7
7	The Shattering Peace	288		September 2025	Tor Books	ISBN   978-0-7653-8919-0
	Total	2,112	630,155

References

1. "2006 Hugo Awards". Hugo Awards . Archived from the original on 2011-05-07.
2. "Syfy Adapting Futuristic Military Drama 'Ghost Brigades'". The Hollywood Reporter . 5 August 2014.
3. Busch, Anita (7 December 2017). "Netflix Grabs Hold Of John Scalzi's Sci-Fi Novel 'Old Man's War' For Jon Shestack, Madhouse".
4. "John Scalzi@Bluesky - Jan 4, 2024 at 9:55 PM". 4 January 2024.
5. "Old Man's War Text Stats". Amazon.com . Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
6. "The Ghost Brigades Text Stats". Amazon.com . Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
7. Scalzi, John (16 December 2006). "Writing The Sagan Diary". Whatever.Scalzi.com. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
8. "The Last Colony Text Stats". Amazon.com . Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
9. Scalzi, John (17 July 2011). "A Small Observation Regarding Words and Releases". Whatever.Scalzi.com. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
10. Scalzi, John (23 October 2012). "The Human Division: Done!". Whatever.Scalzi.com. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
11. Scalzi, John (5 April 2015). "Follow-up on Finishing The End of All Things". Whatever.Scalzi.com. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.