The Forever War
Forever War Book 1
Published on 1. August 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-575-07908-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"Reissued by Gollancz as one of 10 key SF texts, 'The Forever War' remains as hard-hitting as when it was first published in 1974. The anger of soldiers forced to fight an unwinnable war is as relevant as it ever was." -- Jon Courtenay Grimwood THE GUARDIANMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
232 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-575-07908-3 (9780575079083)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
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Book
01/1999
Gollancz
€29.91
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Person
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 of, among others, Mindbridge, All My Sins Remembered, Worlds, Worlds Apart and Worlds Enough and Time.