Manual para crear un conflicto interestelar capaz de aniquilar tu propia especie.
1. Asesina a un alto funcionario de tus pretendidamente aliados alienígenas a base de insultos olorosos. La coliflor, en este caso, ayuda.
2. Contrata a un grupo de asesinos para acabar con lo único que puede evitar una guerra.
3. Sorpréndete cando aparece el heroe.

Más cerca de El agente de las estrellas que de Las Brigadas Fantasma, el libro tiene elementos de los otros dos trabajos. Es una novela entretenida, a ratos divertida, que se lee de un tirón.

This was an interesting book from Scalzi that mixes snarky humor and slapstick comedy with sci-fi in genetics and aliens. Scalzi's writing is always easy to read and fast-paced and I enjoyed this one more than Redshirts or Old Man's War. I may have to reread those at some point. In any case, this book has a nice twist and is great early Scalzi.

Fino's John Scalzi Reviews:
Standalone Books
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DNF because I'm not forcing myself to read anything I don't love.

2.5 of 5

(I actually finished this last week but was waiting until I had time to write a review to mark it finished on GR. Now, I find I have the time but I have very little to say about The Android's Dream.)

I was not the target demographic for this. It seems that it was aimed at males between the ages of 14 and 24. I am not that.

The only two females characters of significance in this entire novel was a damsel in distress, who existed solely so our hero, Harry Creek, would have someone to save; and a Machiavellian Deux Ex Machina (quite, literally, if you've ever read any Scalzi at all), who pulled everyone's puppet strings and orchestrated nearly the entire novel, merely because it entertained her to do so.

Aside from that, I don't remember much other than there being an abundance of fart jokes, references to shoving things up one's anus and spewing bodily fluids galore.

(With the exception of enjoying the first two (but not the third) novels in the Interdependency series, I have never liked any of the Scalzi novels I have read - and I have read quite a few. I should learn from my past preferences and stop choosing to read them. Then I could spare him, and me, the poor ratings.)