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SF MASTERWORKS THE FOREVER WAR - JOE HALDEMAN...

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 a society built around the codependency of the industrial
military complex and with a fluid dynamic socio-economic culture that is fascinating to watch
unfold' Goodreads reviewer  'A hugely important story from a very human angle . . . It will
come as no surprise that this was written as a reaction to America's war in Vietnam' Goodreads
reviewer  'Catch-22 is often cited as one of the great books about the futility and inherent
paradoxes of war. I think this is easily its equal' Goodreads reviewer  'This book is a
masterpiece  both as a straight-up science fiction story  but also as an allegory for the
horrors and hopelessness of war' Goodreads reviewer  'This is military-flavoured
bootcamp-to-war Science Fiction in its finest form  as refreshing and thought provoking as it
no doubt was when it was released in 1974 . . . a landmark classic of Science Fiction'
Goodreads reviewer  'Haldeman's story touched on a number of different themes (the horrors of
war and those of personal traumatic injury  loneliness  alienation  loss  cultural
indoctrination  and societal change over time) . . . a really good sci-fi classic' Goodreads
reviewer 

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