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The Forever War

Author	: Joe W. Haldeman
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1976
ISBN 10	: IND:39000002565559
Pages	: 218 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 ( users)

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Download or read book The Forever War written by Joe W. Haldeman and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Private William Mandella is a hero in spite of himself--a reluctant conscript drafted into an elite military unit. He never wanted to go to war, but the leaders on Earth have drawn a line in the interstellar sand--despite the fact that their fierce alien enemy is unknowable, unconquerable, and very far away.

The Forever War

Author	: Joe Haldeman
Publisher	: Open Road Media
Release Date	: 2014-12-02
ISBN 10	: 9781497692350
Pages	: 257 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (923 users)

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Download or read book The Forever War written by Joe Haldeman and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards: A futuristic masterpiece, “perhaps the most important war novel written since Vietnam” (Junot Díaz). In this novel, a landmark of science fiction that began as an MFA thesis for the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and went on to become an award-winning classic—inspiring a play, a graphic novel, and most recently an in-development film—man has taken to the stars, and soldiers fighting the wars of the future return to Earth forever alienated from their home. Conscripted into service for the United Nations Exploratory Force, a highly trained unit built for revenge, physics student William Mandella fights for his planet light years away against the alien force known as the Taurans. “Mandella’s attempt to survive and remain human in the face of an absurd, almost endless war is harrowing, hilarious, heartbreaking, and true,” says Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Junot Díaz—and because of the relative passage of time when one travels at incredibly high speed, the Earth Mandella returns to after his two-year experience has progressed decades and is foreign to him in disturbing ways. Based in part on the author’s experiences in Vietnam, The Forever War is regarded as one of the greatest military science fiction novels ever written, capturing the alienation that servicemen and women experience even now upon returning home from battle. It shines a light not only on the culture of the 1970s in which it was written, but also on our potential future. “To say that The Forever War is the best science fiction war novel ever written is to damn it with faint praise. It is . . . as fine and woundingly genuine a war story as any I’ve read” (William Gibson). This ebook features an illustrated biography of Joe Haldeman including rare images from the author’s personal collection.

The Forever War

Author	: Dexter Filkins
Publisher	: Vintage
Release Date	: 2008-09-16
ISBN 10	: 9780307270344
Pages	: 384 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (73 users)

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Download or read book The Forever War written by Dexter Filkins and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2008-09-16 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The definitive account of America's conflict with Islamic fundamentalism and a searing exploration of its human costs—an instant classic of war reporting from the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. Through the eyes of Dexter Filkins, a foreign correspondent for the New York Times, we witness the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s, the aftermath of the attack on New York on September 11th, and the American wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Filkins is the only American journalist to have reported on all these events, and his experiences are conveyed in a riveting narrative filled with unforgettable characters and astonishing scenes. Brilliant and fearless, The Forever War is not just about America's wars after 9/11, but about the nature of war itself.

Fighting the Forever War

Author	: Lisa M. Mundey
Publisher	: McFarland
Release Date	: 2022-02-08
ISBN 10	: 9781476646824
Pages	: 258 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (468 users)

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Download or read book Fighting the Forever War written by Lisa M. Mundey and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During two decades of fighting in Afghanistan, U.S. service members confronted numerous challenges in their mission to secure the country from the threat of al-Qaeda and the Taliban and assist in rebuilding efforts. Because the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan occurred simultaneously, much of the American public conflated them or failed to notice the Afghanistan War; and most of the war's archival material remains classified and closed to civilian researchers. Drawing on interviews and letters home, this book relates the Afghanistan War through the experiences of American troops, with firsthand accounts of both combat and humanitarian operations, the environment, living conditions and interactions with the locals.

The Forever War #2

Author	: Joe Haldeman
Publisher	: Titan Comics
Release Date	: 2017-03-15
ISBN 10	: 9781785861819
Pages	: 31 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (618 users)

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Download or read book The Forever War #2 written by Joe Haldeman and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As they touch down on the planet Aleph, Platoon 1 are about to put everything they’ve learned in training into practice. They are under orders to engage the enemy – the Taurans – whom none of them have ever seen before. Ready for battle, they set out across the alien world. The war is real now. They’re in it. But, like everything, the expectation and the reality are markedly different. The ideology that led them to this situation also led to decisions that none of them could have prepared themselves for – and the lucky ones who survive will never be the same again… p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri; min-height: 14.0px}

The Forever War #5

Author	: Joe Haldeman
Publisher	: Titan Comics
Release Date	: 2017-06-21
ISBN 10	: 9781785861840
Pages	: 31 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (618 users)

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Download or read book The Forever War #5 written by Joe Haldeman and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2017-06-21 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interminable waiting continues as Mandella treks across the void to his next assignment. Alone now, with Marygay light years away, forever out of reach, he has only memories of the life he once knew. Among his comrades and subordinates, he finds he is an oddity, as humanity has developed new social constructs beyond his comprehension. Some things, however, remain the same, and Mandella finds himself at the center of an outburst of the basest human emotions. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri; min-height: 14.0px}

The Forever War #3

Author	: Joe Haldeman
Publisher	: Titan Comics
Release Date	: 2017-04-19
ISBN 10	: 9781785861826
Pages	: 31 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (618 users)

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Download or read book The Forever War #3 written by Joe Haldeman and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2017-04-19 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Still reeling from the massacre on Aleph, the survivors are speeding across space, pursued by a Tauran cruiser. Mandella, shaken but not driven insane by the events he witnessed on the planet, is still pondering the machinations of an army that would choose to embed such terrifying conditioning in its soldiers. But his time among the stars is coming to an end. If he can just make it to the Stargate, his tour will be over and he can return to life as a civilian on Earth… at least, that’s what he hopes. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri; min-height: 14.0px}

The Forever War #4

Author	: Joe Haldeman
Publisher	: Titan Comics
Release Date	: 2017-05-17
ISBN 10	: 9781785861833
Pages	: 34 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (618 users)

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Download or read book The Forever War #4 written by Joe Haldeman and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2017-05-17 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life on Earth is much harder and more confusing than either Marygay or William could have possibly imagined. Humanity has progressed in ways that seem barbaric and strange, and the two veterans must find their place in this new society, and conform to its norms or face the consequences. Faced with such an unpalatable choice, they realise they will never again be at home on the planet they were born on and head, once more, for the stars… p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri; min-height: 14.0px}

The Forever War #1

Author	: Joe Haldeman
Publisher	: Titan Comics
Release Date	: 2017-02-15
ISBN 10	: 9781785861802
Pages	: 34 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (618 users)

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Download or read book The Forever War #1 written by Joe Haldeman and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning adaptation of the Hugo Award-winning novel. A story of humanity, frailty and the horrors of war. William Mandella, a young physics student has been conscripted into the United Nations Exploratory Force. As a member of an elite task force, he and his comrades are to be sent into the depths of space to battle the alien race that has recently attacked the ships of human columnists. William is witness to the harshest realities of war as training for the mission begins, and he sees that humans have taken on a fight for which they are in no way ready… p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri; min-height: 14.0px}

The Forever War: Forever War #2

Author	: Joe Haldeman
Publisher	: Titan Comics
Release Date	: 2018-05-23
ISBN 10	: 9781785867842
Pages	: 63 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (678 users)

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Download or read book The Forever War: Forever War #2 written by Joe Haldeman and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2018-05-23 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri; min-height: 14.0px} The Forever War raged for centuries… but Marygay was there to see it all. During the interstellar travel that took her years, generations came and went on Earth. She eventually arrived on Aleph-10 sometime after the end of the war, when humans and the enemy Taurans were at peace. There she learned that what’s left of humanity is a hive mind known as MAN, that inhabits 10 thousand million entities. Making use of the time paradox, Marygay spent the next 286 Earth years in the Time Warp, where she aged just one month every 10 years. This allowed her to arrive, along with other Forever War veterans, on Middle Finger. There she was reunited with her lost love, William, and free to live amongst other heterosexuals and to procreate in the traditional mammalian way. But life on Middle Finger is not as idyllic as Marygay and the others assumed.

The Forever War #6

Author	: Joe Haldeman
Publisher	: Titan Comics
Release Date	: 2017-07-19
ISBN 10	: 9781785861857
Pages	: 28 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (618 users)

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Download or read book The Forever War #6 written by Joe Haldeman and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2017-07-19 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alone in the universe, and still a soldier, Mandella awaits his next interaction with the Taurans, whiling away the days organizing his troops. In his commanding role as Major, one he feels supremely unqualified for, the decisions he makes will result in death and destruction. But with no other place for him in the universe, he has no choice but to perpetuate the violence that has stolen his future, his love, and his life from him, in the vague hope that this Forever War will one day come to an end…

The Forever War (complete collection)

Author	: Joe Haldeman
Publisher	: Titan Comics
Release Date	: 2017-11-08
ISBN 10	: 9781785861864
Pages	: 154 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (618 users)

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Download or read book The Forever War (complete collection) written by Joe Haldeman and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2017-11-08 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning adaptaion of the Hugo Award-winning novel. A story of humanity, fraility, and the horrors of war. William Mandella, a young physics student, has been conscripted into the United Nations Exploratory Force. As a member of an elite task force, he and his comrades are to be sent into the depths of space to battle the alien race that has recently attacked the ships of human colonists. Mandella is witness to the harshest realities of war as training for the mission begins, and he sees that humans have taken on a fight for which they are in no way ready… Includes The Forever War #1-6 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri; min-height: 14.0px}

The Forever War: Forever Free #1

Author	: Joe Haldeman
Publisher	: Titan Comics
Release Date	: 2018-04-25
ISBN 10	: 9781785867835
Pages	: 62 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (678 users)

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Download or read book The Forever War: Forever Free #1 written by Joe Haldeman and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2018-04-25 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sequel to novelist Joe Haldeman, Gay Haldeman and Marvano’s epic science-fiction comic book adaptation, ‘The Forever War: Free’. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri; min-height: 14.0px} “If there was a Fort Knox for science fiction writers, we’d have to lock Joe Haldeman up” – Stephen King

The Forever War: Forever Free #3

Author	: Joe Haldeman
Publisher	: Titan Comics
Release Date	: 2018-06-27
ISBN 10	: 9781785867859
Pages	: 63 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (678 users)

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Download or read book The Forever War: Forever Free #3 written by Joe Haldeman and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2018-06-27 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri; min-height: 14.0px} The Forever War raged for centuries… but Marygay was there to see it all. During the interstellar travel that took her years, generations came and went on Earth. She eventually arrived on Aleph-10 sometime after the end of the war, when humans and the enemy Taurans were at peace. There she learned that what’s left of humanity is a hive mind, known as MAN, that inhabits 10 thousand million entities. Making use of the time paradox, Marygay spent the next 286 Earth years in the Time Warp, where she aged just one month every 10 years. This allowed her to arrive, along with other Forever War veterans, on Middle Finger. There she was reunited with her lost love, William, and free to live amongst other heterosexuals and to procreate in the traditional mammalian way. But life on Middle Finger was not as idyllic as Marygay and the others assumed and the group resolved to board the Time Warp once more. Their plan – to travel aboard it for ten years while 400 centuries pass on Middle Finger. Their hope – to return to a time without MAN and Taurans. But nothing’s ever that simple.

The Forever War: Forever Free (complete collection)

Author	: Joe Haldeman
Publisher	: Titan Comics
Release Date	: 2018-10-17
ISBN 10	: 9781785867866
Pages	: 172 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (678 users)

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Download or read book The Forever War: Forever Free (complete collection) written by Joe Haldeman and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2018-10-17 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri; min-height: 14.0px} From Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author, Joe Haldeman. The sequel to The Forever War – Joe Haldeman’s legendary intergalactic Vietnam War parable. Stunningly realized by Marvano. The Forever War raged for centuries… but Marygay was there to see it all. During the interstellar travel that took her years, whole generations came and went on Earth. Thanks to special relativity, Marygay was able to wait for many lifetimes to be reunited with her lost love, William Mandella. But they, and the other survivors of the war, are struggling to find their place in the universe after the galaxy shattering conflict. Collects The Forever War: Forever Free #1-3. “A classic reinterpretation of a brilliant sci-fi novel that still feels fresher than most comics on the market today.” – Multiversity Comics “It’s an amazing military story of survival and exploration – highly recommended.” – Chuck’s Comic of the Day

The Forever War: A Novel by Joe Haldeman (Trivia-On-Books)

Author	: Trivion Books
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2016-09-12
ISBN 10	:
Pages	: 70 pages
Rating	: 4./5 ( users)

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Download or read book The Forever War: A Novel by Joe Haldeman (Trivia-On-Books) written by Trivion Books and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trivia-on-Book: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman Take the challenge yourself and share it with friends and family for a time of fun! The Forever War is a novel about the Vietnam War as told through a science-fiction filter. It tells the story of William Mandella, a draftee of the war against Taurans, and how he becomes estranged from his own race after a series of wars through the galaxy. Time flows slowly during his travels while the Earth undergoes centuries of changes, and Mandella returns to a home where ideals of his time are but a relic of ages past. A recipient of the Nebular, Hugo, and Locus Awards, The Forever War is the first installment in the series written by Joe Haldeman, a veteran of the Vietnam War. You may have read the book, but not have liked it. You may have liked the book, but not be a fan. You may call yourself a fan, but few truly are. Are you a fan? Trivia-on-Books is an independently curated trivia quiz on the book for readers, students, and fans alike. Whether you're looking for new materials to the book or would like to take the challenge yourself and share it with your friends and family for a time of fun, Trivia-on-Books provides a unique approach to The Forever War by Joe Haldeman that is both insightful and educational! Features You'll Find Inside: • 30 Multiple choice questions on the book, plots, characters and author • Insightful commentary to answer every question • Complementary quiz material for yourself or your reading group • Results provided with scores to determine "status" Promising quality and value, come play your trivia of a favorite book!

Flashes of the Fantastic

Author	: David Ketterer
Publisher	: Greenwood Publishing Group
Release Date	: 2004
ISBN 10	: 0313316074
Pages	: 276 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (74 users)

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Download or read book Flashes of the Fantastic written by David Ketterer and published by Greenwood Publishing Group. This book was released on 2004 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: H. G. Wells's first and fourth novels, The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds, have together largely created the science fiction genre. The centennial of the initial publication of The War of the Worlds was the focus of the 19th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, and this volume includes selected essays from that conference. The first section of the book offers fresh interpretations of The War of the Worlds, while the second looks at Wells's other contributions and his shaping influence on science fiction and fantasy. The third includes papers on the art of noted science fiction writer Peter Straub, while the fourth explores a diverse range of topics related to the fantastic.