I really enjoyed the Old Man's War universe that Scalzi has created. I would have purchased this for my kindle for the measly $3 irregardless to what the reviews stated. However, I would like to give others the benefit of my experience and they can obviously do like I did and do what they please. Note that this short story was not written in the same style as the first three books in the trilogy. (Or the even shorter "Questions for a Soldier" which I did enjoy.) The "Sagan Diary", as another reviewer put it is "A Non Stop Stream of Literary Diarhea". I cannot say it any clearer.I have no problem with an artist expressing his thoughts in a different manner. Its just that in the past I have seen artists do this by creating an entirely new line of work to do it within.