Thursday, October 28, 2010

The forever war



Author: Haldeman, Joe W.

Title: The forever war

Published: New York: EOS, 2003

Description: 277 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: PS3558 A353 F67 2003

Note(s): "The author's preferred ed. of the groundbreaking SF classic"--Cover

Subject(s):
  • Space warfare -- Fiction
  • Space and time -- Fiction
  • Aging -- Fiction
  • Science fiction
Review(s):
  • "Readers of Joe Haldeman's 1975 novel The Forever War, which described military life and manners in an imagined future, will recall that enlisted soldiers were expected to respond to the commands of their drill instructors with a loud and clear "F*** YOU, SIR!".(The Week ...)." National Review 57.17 (Sept 26, 2005): 12
  • Hantke, Steffen. "Surgical strikes and prosthetic warriors: the soldier's body in contemporary science fiction." Science Fiction Studies 26.3 (Nov 1998): 495
  • Blackmore, Tim. "Warring stories: fighting for truth in the science fiction of Joe Haldeman." Extrapolation 34.n2 (Summer 1993): 131
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