The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

Name: The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
Rating: 4.101123595505618 (89 reviews)
Author: Joe Haldeman
ISBN: 9780575094147

by Joe Haldeman

4.1

(89 ratings)

256 pages2010S.F. MasterworksISBN 9780575094147

Fiction

About this book

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.

Publication Details

Publisher: S.F. Masterworks
Published: 2010
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9780575094147
Language: en

About Joe Haldeman

Joe William Haldeman (born June 9, 1943) is an American science fiction author. He is best known for his novel The Forever War (1974). That novel and other works, including The Hemingway Hoax (1991) and Forever Peace (1997), have won science fiction awards, including the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. He was awarded the SFWA Grand Master for career achievements. In 2012 he was inducted as a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Many of Haldeman's works, including his debut novel War Year and his second novel The Forever War, were inspired by his experiences in the Vietnam War. Wounded in combat, he struggled to adjust to civilian life after returning home. From 1983–2014, he was a professor teaching writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).