{"id":135569,"date":"2017-12-07T14:11:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T21:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135569"},"modified":"2017-12-08T07:22:50","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T14:22:50","slug":"old-mans-war-coming-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/07\/old-mans-war-coming-netflix.html","title":{"rendered":"“Old Man’s War” is coming to Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my favorite books. I very much look forward to the movie adaptation, now under development.<\/p>\n

Scalzi’s reaction is a very positive one<\/a>, as one might think.<\/p>\n


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\nNetflix Grabs Hold Of John Scalzi\u2019s Sci-Fi Novel \u2018Old Man\u2019s War\u2019 For Jon Shestack, Madhouse<\/a><\/span>
\nEXCLUSIVE: Netflix has acquired John Scalzi\u2019s modern sci-fi classic Old Man\u2019s War to develop as an original film. The novel is the first in a bestselling six-book series and is consider\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of my favorite books. I very much look forward to the movie adaptation, now under development. Scalzi’s reaction is a very positive one, as one might think. Netflix Grabs Hold Of John Scalzi\u2019s Sci-Fi Novel \u2018Old Man\u2019s War\u2019 For Jon Shestack, Madhouse EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has acquired John Scalzi\u2019s modern sci-fi classic Old Man\u2019s War … Continue reading ““Old Man’s War” is coming to Netflix”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,36,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-books","category-media-tv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/old-mans-war.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38177,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/06\/drawing-a-line-in-the-convention-policy-sand.html","url_meta":{"origin":135569,"position":0},"title":"Drawing a line in the convention policy sand","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 6-Jul-13 9:46am","format":false,"excerpt":"SF writer John Scalzi recently (http:\/\/goo.gl\/Tu9EG) announced a new personal policy to not attend any convention that doesn't have (and isn't willing to enforce) a harassment policy of its own. \u00a0He's also provided an opportunity for others (http:\/\/goo.gl\/npPjz) to sign onto same, and -500- 630 people have so far. \u00a0Good!He\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":20905,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/01\/the-greatest-sci-fi-movie-never-made.html","url_meta":{"origin":135569,"position":1},"title":"The Greatest Sci-Fi Movie Never Made","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 1-May-11 6:07pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The Register has been gathering suggestions, and posting also-rans, but is finally soliciting a vote for the greatest sci-fi work never (yet) made into a movie.\u00a0 My own commentary on the list of 50 below, with the understanding that, gasp, I've never read most of these and never even heard\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Books"","block_context":{"text":"Books","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/media-books"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/destination-moon.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13448,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/12\/09\/ho_ho_hwtf.html","url_meta":{"origin":135569,"position":2},"title":"Ho-ho-hWTF?!","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 9-Dec-08 12:27pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It's a holiday classic: John Scalzi's The 10 Least Successful Holiday Specials of All Time: The Village People in Can\u2019t Stop the Christmas Music \u2014 On Ice! 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