The Forever War
by:
Joe Haldeman (author)
The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand—despite the fact that the fierce alien enemy that they would oppose is inscrutable, unconquerable, and very far away. A reluctant conscript drafted into an elite Military unit, Private William Mandella has been propelled through space...
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The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand—despite the fact that the fierce alien enemy that they would oppose is inscrutable, unconquerable, and very far away. A reluctant conscript drafted into an elite Military unit, Private William Mandella has been propelled through space and time to fight in the distant thousand-year conflict; to perform his dutie
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Millennium
Pages no: 254
Edition language: English
Series: The Forever War (#1)
The first time I read The Forever War was when I was in University. While I was first reading it, it didn't make an impression until after I put it down and I found myself thinking about it for a long time afterwards. I have now read it several times, and each time I get something new from it. The...
I went in to reading this graphic novel adaptation of The Forever War knowing surprisingly little about the story. I haven’t yet read the original novels. I have read a work inspired by it (Old Man’s War) and loved it, though. Keep that in mind when reading my review, as fans of the original novel m...
This book is a little hard to rate. My three-star rating is based more on my level of enjoyment while reading the book than on its merit as a work of classic military science fiction. My interest fluctuated and, despite that it’s only 278 pages, I started to get particularly impatient with it in t...
I found this an entertaining read even though I believe that what I found interesting this time was quite a bit different than my first read 30 years ago. Their was much less action scenes than remembered and quite a bit more of character study and political message from the author which is what hel...
I found this an entertaining read even though I believe that what I found interesting this time was quite a bit different than my first read 30 years ago. Their was much less action scenes than remembered and quite a bit more of character study and political message from the author which is what hel...