• NegativeNullM
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    10 months ago

    That’s kind of the premise of the John Scalzi book “Old Man’s War”. In the book, they take elderly people (aka Wise people), and put their minds/memories into young fit bodies. This, in theory, creates soldiers who are both Wise, and Young/Fit.

    • teft
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      3810 months ago

      young fit bodies

      Young, fit, green bodies

    • @ummthatguy
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      1010 months ago

      Thanks for the new reading suggestion!

      • NegativeNullM
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        1510 months ago

        John Scalzi is an amazing author. You’ll love it. Another good one by him is The Dispatcher. There’s even an audiobook of this narrated by Zachary Quinto

          • NegativeNullM
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            510 months ago

            I just got both of those as part of a Humble Bundle. I haven’t yet read then, but am looking forward to then.

          • Deebster
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            410 months ago

            Huh, I’d read both Old Man’s War and Red Shirts without noticing they were by the same author.

          • pruwyben
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            210 months ago

            He’s on Mastodon too, if you’re looking for fediverse follows.

    • @Rognaut
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      510 months ago

      Great book! That’s a must read for sci-fi lovers.