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Forever Free
by: Joe Haldeman
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780441007875
ISBN: 0441007872
Label: Ace
Manufacturer: Ace
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: November 01, 2000
Publisher: Ace
Release Date: October 31, 2000
Studio: Ace
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- Forever Peace (Remembering Tomorrow)
- The Forever War
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- Marsbound
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com Review:
You can't lose for winning--especially, it would seem, if you're Joe Haldeman. Suffering the same fate as many an author who's dared to pen unconventional sequels to a ferociously loved book (in this case, The Forever War), Haldeman has risked the ire of his many devoted admirers a second time (the first sequel was the award-spangled Forever Peace). But Haldeman's call--not too surprisingly--proves to be a deft one, giving us a book that, while significantly different from its predecessor, turns out to be equally captivating and sensitive, in many ways even more thought-provoking. (Sure, it doesn't match The Forever War for sheer impact, but then again, what does?)
As in The Forever War, the heart of this story is the dry, ironic bite of fighting-suit vet William Mandella, now middle-aged and a parent (along with his love and comrade-in-arms Marygay) to two teen-aged kids. The family leads a spartan life on the cold and desolate planet Middle Finger, which serves as a sort of genetic safe-deposit box for the current incarnation of humanity, an inhuman race of group-mind clones known as Man. But the animals in the zoo are getting restless, and a core group of vets led by William and Marygay plot an unusual escape: hijacking a reconditioned time ship and using it to take a 40,000 light-year tour (over 10 years of their own time) to rejoin the world they know only after 2,000 generations have passed. Much of the action involves the hatching and fruition of this plot, but Haldeman doesn't really mix things up until nearing the end, when he dissolves physics as we know it and calls down the wrath of God itself. --Paul Hughes
Product Description:
The "long-awaited"* new novel set in the universe of Joe Haldeman's classic Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novels The Forever War and Forever Peace.
"A well-written and worthy sequel to one of SF's enduring classics."-Publishers Weekly
"...there was a Fort Knox for the science fiction writers who really matter, we'd have to lock Haldeman up there."-Stephen King
"One of the best prophetic writers of our time."-David Brin
"His prose is as clear and engaging as his ideas."-New York Times Book Review
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Rating:
- "Deus ex machina" does NOT apply to this bookTo be clear, this book (and NOT Forever Peace (Remembering Tomorrow)) is the direct sequel to the Forever War.
I'll begin by addressing many of the reviews here. So many reviewers have been using the phrase "deus ex machina" followed brusquely by a comment about literally throwing the book in the trash. However, very few people apparently understand the proper use of the term "deus ex machina". The complaints are misguided, on account of a lack of understanding of the novel. Allow me ... Read More
Rating:
- UghReading this was like taking a spaceship to Bizarro World and reading their version of The Forever War -- in every way that War was excellent, Peace is terrible. To think I was excited to find a hardcover version.
Rating:
- The first book I bought by HaldemanThis is the first book I bought by Haldeman and he is now one of my favorite authors. Never been disappointed by anything of his I have read.
Rating:
- Not Free SF ReaderReasonable setup, can't say that for the rest, though.
The few human relics of the war are living together stashed away on a planet just in case the group entity needs them again.
Bunch of retired soldiers, so they get bored, and decide to play with relativity and take a trip into the future, so to speak.
When they come back after your spaceship accident type event, everybody has gone bye-bye, humans and aliens.
The story starts to go ... Read More
Rating:
- Do not waste your timeAs I said above do not waste your time with this book, it has to be one of the worst books I have ever read. I wish I could give it less then 1 star.
The book starts of ok, Halderman reintroduces the characters from Forever War and sets up what could be a great story idea but then the books just gets bad. Its as if he got tired of writing the book halfway though and then took some drugs and then just started writing whatever crazy drugged up idea came to him. I was so upset with this ... Read More
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