The Forever War

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The Forever War

Author:	Joe Haldeman
Publisher:	Gollancz, 1999 St. Martin's Press, 1974
Series:	Forever War: Book 1
0. Forever Bound 1. The Forever War 2. Forever Peace 3. Forever Free
Book Type:	Novel
Genre:	Science-Fiction
Sub-Genre Tags:	Military SF Hard SF Time Travel
Awards:	1975 Nebula Winner 1976 Hugo Winner 1976 Locus SF Winner
Lists:	SF Masterworks The ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) Locus Best SF Novels of All-Time The Classics of Science Fiction Guardian: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels Baen Reader's List of Recommended Military SF NPR: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books Easton Press Masterpieces of Science Fiction WWEnd Top Listed Books WWEnd Most Read Books The Defining Science Fiction Books of the 1970s
Links:	The Forever War: A Review by Deven Science Featured Review: The Forever War
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Synopsis

Private William Mandella is a hero in spite of himself -- a reluctant conscript drafted into an elite military unit, and propelled through space and time to fight in a distant thousand-year conflict. 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. So Mandella will perform his duties without rancor and even rise up through the military's ranks... if he survives. But the true test of his mettle will come when he returns to Earth. Because of the time dilation caused by space travel the loyal soldier is aging months, while his home planet is aging centuries -- and the difference will prove the saying: you never can go home....