The Forever War

(Forever War #1)

First Edition, 236 pages

English language

Published Jan. 2, 1975 by St Martin's Press.

ISBN:
9780312298906
OCLC Number:
799289751
ISFDB ID:
1911

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The Earth’s leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand–despite the fact that the fierce alien enemy 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 duties and do whatever it takes to survive the ordeal and return home. But “home” may be even more terrifying than battle, because, thanks to the time dilation caused by space travel, Mandella is aging months while the Earth he left behind is aging centuries…

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The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand--despite the fact that the fierce alien enemy they would oppose is inscrutable, unconquerable, and very far away. A reluctant conscript drafted …

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A great story about changing times and how a person would feel on returning to his home, or shall I say the place he left, after a while, how the changes there impacted him and how the old habits of love and longing don't die. Filled with lot of military jargon but lesser social details other than like a skim book, on the universe that William Mandella visits after 'jumping' through time at the end of each of his war. Absolutely loved the story and the facets of the war and life of a soldier the author had given importance to. I did not like the indirect or convoluted story telling at times, especially during the preparation of the last war. The author then seems to convey that the old methods don't grow out, by the usage of non-tech fighting weapons at the end. The last ending was a bit …

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