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February 4, 2006
'The Forever War' — by Joe Haldeman
Joe Haldeman's science fiction classic, his first book, was published in 1974 to great acclaim.
The book won both the Hugo and the Nebula awards for best science fiction novel for its up–to-then unknown author.
What with all the current hoopla about the new "Long War" orientation of the Pentagon, with plans to fight it for at least the next twenty years, why not cut to the chase and call it what it is?
Haldeman did — he was just 32 years ahead of his time.
This is one superb book, from the very first sentence which reads, "Today we're going to show you eight silent ways to kill a man."
What's past is prologue.
Where memory fades everything happens for the very first time.
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Haldeman's Forever Free and Forever Peace (they are not sequels) are also worth reading.
Posted by: j | Feb 4, 2006 4:06:17 PM
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