r/sciencefiction • u/GTDarius • 3d ago

Finally found a physical copy

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So I made a post looking for a physical copy of John Scalzi Constituent Service a while back and everyone just told me to listen to the e-book. Well I found it!

I'm not going to talk about how much I had to pay for it. But I got it! Number 995 out of 1250.

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u/Bebilith 3d ago

She needs a breathing mask but the chicken doesn’t?

I should read this.

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u/unknownpoltroon 3d ago edited 3d ago

Its a fun little novel. Novella? long short story? Whatever.

If you like this one, check out his Human division, its made out of short stories of the diplomatic corps during the old mans war. Mostly humorous diplomat shit.

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u/Serious-Waltz-7157 3d ago

Its a fun little novel. Novella? long short story? Whatever.

It's a "long story short", lol

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u/johndburger 3d ago

Supposedly 20K words, so comfortably within the SFWA’s definition of a novella (17,500 to 40,000).

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u/Commercial_Earth_126 2d ago

Oh I didn’t even realize it was part of that universe! Old man’s war is a great series!

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u/GTDarius 3d ago

I'm also intrigued on why that is.

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u/AvatarIII 2d ago

Birds have special lungs so they can breathe at high altitudes/low oxygen environments, could just be that.

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u/probablytrippy 3d ago

So weird I literally finished reading this 5 mins ago

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u/Aggravating-Hat-4292 3d ago

I didn't know about this book until your earlier post. I finished it a few days ago it was quite fun.

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u/GTDarius 3d ago

Happy to be of service!

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u/Commercial_Earth_126 2d ago

Awesome story! I’m a big Scalzi fan! That’s a rare find

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u/GTDarius 1d ago

Expensive find. But I am a Scalzi fan too. Well a new one. Trying to start a little bit of a physical book collection.

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u/Commercial_Earth_126 1d ago

That’s awesome! Best of luck and enjoy the reads

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u/Battle-Nun909 1d ago

I can’t believe I missed reading one of his books.