Amazon.com Reviewp/pIn the 1970s Joe Haldeman approached more than a dozen different publishers before he finally found one interested in emThe Forever War/em. The book went on to win both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, although a large chunk of the story had been cut out before it saw publication. Now Haldeman and Avon Books have released the definitive version of emThe Forever War/em, published for the first time as Haldeman originally intended. The book tells the timeless story of war, in this case a conflict between humanity and the alien Taurans. Humans first bumped heads with the Taurans when we began using collapsars to travel the stars. Although the collapsars provide nearly instantaneous travel across vast distances, the relativistic speeds associated with the process means that time passes slower for those aboard ship. For William Mandella, a physics student drafted as a soldier, that means more than 27 years will have passed between his first encounter with the Taurans and his homecoming, though he himself will have aged only a year. When Mandella finds that he can't adjust to Earth after being gone so long from home, he reenlists, only to find himself shuttled endlessly from battle to battle as the centuries pass. em--Craig E. Engler/emp/pProduct Descriptionp/pA THOUSAND YEAR CONFLICT. ONE SOLDIER LIVES THROUGH IT ALL. CAN HE MAINTAIN HIS HUMANITY?brbrThe Forever War is a science fiction classic that chronicles the life of William Mandella. Due to the time distortion associated with deep space travel, he is present during both the first and the last battle of a thousand year old conflict with the alien Taurans. A masterpiece of not just science fiction, The Forever War illustrates the futility of all wars and their effect on the human soul.brThe Forever War won all major science fiction awards including the Hugo, Nebula and Locus. Ridley Scott, director of Blade Runner and Alien, is currently adapting this classic for film. brbrThis is the author's preferred version and includes a foreword by John Scalzi, author of Old Man's War.brbrREVIEWSbr"If there was a Fort Knox for science fiction, we'd have to lock Joe Haldeman up and throw away the key." — Steven Kingbrbr"The Forever War is brilliant-one of the most influential war novels of our time. That it happens to be set in the future only broadens and enhances its message." — Greg Bearbrbr“The Forever War is not just a great science fiction novel, it’s a great Vietnam war novel—and a great war novel, without qualification—that is also science fiction. A classic to grace either genre.” — Iain BanksbrbrJOE HALDEMAN'S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDSbr2010 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award for Lifetime Achievement br2009 Robert A. Heinlein Award br2004 Southeastern Science Fiction Lifetime Achievement Award br1996 New England Science Fiction Association Skylark Award (along with Gay Haldeman) br1989 Interzone Poll All Time Best Science Fiction AuthorbrbrLITERARY AWARDSbr2005 Nebula: Best Novel (Camouflage) br2004 Southeastern SF Achievement Award: Novel (Camouflage) br2004 James Tiptree Award (Camouflage) br2002 Asimov’s Reader Poll: Poem (January Fires) br2001 Rhysling Award: Long Poem (January Fires) br1999 Spanish Science Fiction Association Ignotus: Best Novel (Forever Peace) br1998 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (Forever Peace) br1998 Hugo: Best Novel (Forever Peace) br1998 Nebula: Best Novel (Forever Peace) br1997 Locus: Collection (None so Blind) br1995 Hugo: Short Story (None So Blind) br1995 Homer: Short Story (None So Blind) br1995 Science Fiction Chronicle Reader Awards (None So Blind) br1994 Southeastern SF Achievement Award: Short Story (Faces) br1994 Nebula: Best Short Story (Graves) br1993 World Fantasy Award: Best Short Story (Graves) br1991 Hugo: Best Novella (The Hemingway Hoax) br1991 Rhysling Award: Short Poem (Eighteen Years Old, October Eleventh) br1991 Nebula: Best Novella (The Hemingway Hoax) br1984 Rhysling Award: Long Poem (Saul’s Death) br1979 Analog Analytic Laboratory: Science Fact (This Space for Rent) br1977 Hugo: Short Story (Tricentennial) br1977 Locus: Short Story (Tricentennial) br1976 Hugo: Best Novel (The Forever War) br1976 Locus: Best Novel (The Forever War) br1976 Ditmar Award (The Forever War) br1976 Nebula: Best Novel (The Forever War)p/pProduct Descriptionp/pA THOUSAND YEAR CONFLICT. ONE SOLDIER LIVES THROUGH IT ALL. CAN HE MAINTAIN HIS HUMANITY?brbrThe Forever War is a science fiction classic that chronicles the life of William Mandella. Due to the time distortion associated with deep space travel, he is present during both the first and the last battle of a thousand year old conflict with the alien Taurans. A masterpiece of not just science fiction, The Forever War illustrates the futility of all wars and their effect on the human soul.brThe Forever War won all major science fiction awards including the Hugo, Nebula and Locus. Ridley Scott, director of Blade Runner and Alien, is currently adapting this classic for film. brbrThis is the author's preferred version and includes a foreword by John Scalzi, author of Old Man's War.brbrREVIEWSbr"If there was a Fort Knox for science fiction, we'd have to lock Joe Haldeman up and throw away the key." - Steven Kingbrbr"The Forever War is brilliant-one of the most influential war novels of our time. That it happens to be set in the future only broadens and enhances its message." - Greg Bearbrbr"The Forever War is not just a great science fiction novel, it's a great Vietnam war novel-and a great war novel, without qualification-that is also science fiction. A classic to grace either genre." - Iain BanksbrbrJOE HALDEMAN'S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDSbr2010 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award for Lifetime Achievement br2009 Robert A. Heinlein Award br2004 Southeastern Science Fiction Lifetime Achievement Award br1996 New England Science Fiction Association Skylark Award (along with Gay Haldeman) br1989 Interzone Poll All Time Best Science Fiction AuthorbrbrLITERARY AWARDSbr2005 Nebula: Best Novel (Camouflage) br2004 Southeastern SF Achievement Award: Novel (Camouflage) br2004 James Tiptree Award (Camouflage) br2002 Asimov's Reader Poll: Poem (January Fires) br2001 Rhysling Award: Long Poem (January Fires) br1999 Spanish Science Fiction Association Ignotus: Best Novel (Forever Peace) br1998 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (Forever Peace) br1998 Hugo: Best Novel (Forever Peace) br1998 Nebula: Best Novel (Forever Peace) br1997 Locus: Collection (None so Blind) br1995 Hugo: Short Story (None So Blind) br1995 Homer: Short Story (None So Blind) br1995 Science Fiction Chronicle Reader Awards (None So Blind) br1994 Southeastern SF Achievement Award: Short Story (Faces) br1994 Nebula: Best Short Story (Graves) br1993 World Fantasy Award: Best Short Story (Graves) br1991 Hugo: Best Novella (The Hemingway Hoax) br1991 Rhysling Award: Short Poem (Eighteen Years Old, October Eleventh) br1991 Nebula: Best Novella (The Hemingway Hoax) br1984 Rhysling Award: Long Poem (Saul's Death) br1979 Analog Analytic Laboratory: Science Fact (This Space for Rent) br1977 Hugo: Short Story (Tricentennial) br1977 Locus: Short Story (Tricentennial) br1976 Hugo: Best Novel (The Forever War) br1976 Locus: Best Novel (The Forever War) br1976 Ditmar Award (The Forever War) br1976 Nebula: Best Novel (The Forever War)
undefined
My page chakrit is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com
CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS My page COMES FROM AMAZON SERVICES LLC. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED ‘AS IS’ AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME.
No comments:
Post a Comment