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Forever War
Joe Haldeman
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Description for Forever War
Paperback. One of the very best must-read SF novels of all time. Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
Private William Mandella is a reluctant hero in an interstellar war against an unknowable and unconquerable alien enemy. But his greatest test will be when he returns home. Relativity means that for every few months' tour of duty centuries have passed on Earth, isolating the combatants ever more from the world for whose future they are fighting.
Readers can't stop thinking about The Forever War:
'More than just a book about a futuristic war, Haldeman describes ... Read more Show Less
One of the very best science fiction novels of all time. An intelligent and thought provoking allegory for the Vietnam War.
Private William Mandella is a reluctant hero in an interstellar war against an unknowable and unconquerable alien enemy. But his greatest test will be when he returns home. Relativity means that for every few months' tour of duty centuries have passed on Earth, isolating the combatants ever more from the world for whose future they are fighting.
Readers can't stop thinking about The Forever War:
'More than just a book about a futuristic war, Haldeman describes ... Read more Show Less
Product Details
Publisher
Gateway
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
S.F. Masterworks
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780575094147
SKU
V9780575094147
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Ref
99-98
About Joe Haldeman
Joe Haldeman was born in Oklahoma in 1943 and studied physics and astronomy before serving as a combat engineer in Vietnam, where he was severely wounded and won a Purple Heart. THE FOREVER WAR was his first SF novel and it won both the HUGO and NEBULA AWARDS, a feat which THE FOREVER PEACE repeated. He is also the author ... Read more
Reviews for Forever War
'Military science fiction comes in many flavours, and Joe Haldeman's is every bit as satisfying as Heinlein's.'
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