The Forever War

The Best of the SF Masterworks

Joe Haldeman

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Gollancz
24 November 2022

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); War & combat fiction; Vietnam War fiction; Science fiction; Classic science fiction

Series: S.F. Masterworks

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.

The Earth he knew is dead. The one he returns to . . . unrecognisable.

Winner of the Nebula, Locus and Hugo awards, The Forever War

was the first title selected for the SF Masterworks series when it

launched in 1999. Inspired by Haldeman's experience in the Vietnam War,

it has been seen as a critical work of anti-war SF.

'This is an enraged and enraging classic that deserves a place alongside Apocalypse Now and The Deer Hunter as an expression of the pain caused by Vietnam'- Guardian

'The book is near perfect'- infinity plus

'This

book is not only one of the best military science fiction books ever

written, but is one of the finest works of modern American literature' -

Tordotcom

Welcome to The Best Of The Masterworks: a selection of the finest in science fiction

By: Joe Haldeman
Imprint: Gollancz
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9781399607780
ISBN 10: 1399607782
Series: S.F. Masterworks
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 24 November 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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 APART and WORLDS ENOUGH AND TIME.