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The Forever War (1976)

Name: The Forever War (1976)
Author: Haldeman, Joe

by Haldeman, Joe

In this novel, time travel is a kind of side effect of space travel at near light speeds.

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William Mandella is a physics student drafted into an elite force to fight an alien enemy on the far side of the galaxy. Travel between the front lines takes a few subjective months, but years pass at home, and each time the soldiers return, Earth has changed beyond recognition and the war has become harder to explain.

As the centuries turn over, Mandella rises from raw recruit to commander, and the only things he has to hold on to are the soldier he loves and the sense that the war may no longer make any sense.

A Hugo and Nebula Award-winning military science fiction classic.

About the author

Haldeman, Joe

Joe William Haldeman is an American science fiction author and former college professor. He is best known for his novel The Forever War (1974), which was inspired by his experiences as a combat soldier in the Vietnam War. 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 received the SFWA Grand Master for career achievements. In 2012, he was inducted as a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Haldeman

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