Forever Peace
by Joe Haldeman
1998Hugo Award Winneraward:hugo_award=1998award:hugo_award=novelFiction, action & adventureFiction, science fiction, general
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it was not quite completely dark, thin blue moonlight threading down through the canopy of leaves.
it was not quite completely dark, thin blue moonlight threading down through the canopy of leaves.
About this book
Joe Haldeman returns with a story about the horrors of war -- and how we might move past them. Julian Class is a physicist working on the largest particle accelerator ever built, a nanobot-constructed ring in the orbit of Jupiter. He is also a 'mechanic', someone who pilots the robotic combat mechs used by the US Army to fight a protracted war against a South America-Africa alliance. When he learns about the potential outcome of the Jupiter Project, he is forced to take action.
Themes & subjects
Hugo Award Winneraward:hugo_award=1998award:hugo_award=novelFiction, action & adventureFiction, science fiction, generalFiction, war & military
First published 1998About the author
Joe Haldeman
9 June 1943
Joe William Haldeman (born June 9, 1943) is an American science fiction author. He is best known for his novel The Forever War (1974). That novel and other works, including The Hemingway Hoax (1991) and Forever Peace (1997), have won science fiction awards, including the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. He was awarded the SFWA Grand Master for career achievements. In 2012 he was inducted as a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Many of Haldeman's works, including his debut novel War Year and his second novel The Forever War, were inspired by his experiences in the Vietnam War. Wounded in combat, he struggled to adjust to civilian life after returning home. From 1983–2014, he was a profes…
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