Joe Haldeman – Rich Maloy http://richmaloy.com Life, The Universe, and Everything Mon, 24 Dec 2018 05:16:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/richmaloy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cropped-richmaloy-vert.png?fit=32%2C32Joe Haldeman – Rich Maloyhttp://richmaloy.com 32 32 124687649 The Forever War by Joe Haldemanhttp://richmaloy.com/book-review/the-forever-war/ Sun, 02 Dec 2012 05:07:03 +0000 http://richmaloy.com/?post_type=book-review&p=1969

Genre: Sci-Fi
]]> The beauty of this book is thinking through the implications of long distance space travel. There’s neither hyperlight speed nor wormholes to make the trips from one solar system to the next fly by in a whirl of stars. It’s long-haul travel for the humans and other combatants. Thinking through how this affects the protagonist, his family, and his love is just as interesting as the different worlds he travels to and the aliens he fights. It’s a classic sci-fi for a reason, and apparently a series—which I just now saw. I’ll have to finish it as I thoroughly enjoyed this one.

Publisher’s Summary

When it was first published over 20 years ago, Joe Haldeman’s novel won the Hugo and Nebula awards and was chosen Best Novel in several countries. Today, it is hailed a classic of science fiction that foreshadowed many of the futuristic themes of the 1990s: bionics, sensory manipulation, and time distortion.William Mandella is a soldier in Earth’s elite brigade. As the war against the Taurans sends him from galaxy to galaxy, he learns to use protective body shells and sophisticated weapons. He adapts to the cultures and terrains of distant outposts. But with each month in space, years are passing on Earth. Where will he call home when (and if) the Forever War ends?

Narrator George Wilson’s performance conveys all the imaginative technology and human drama of The Forever War. Set against a backdrop of vivid battle scenes, this absorbing work asks provocative questions about the very nature of war.


Genre: Sci-Fi
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