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Forever Peace
Published 1997 by Ace Books · 326 pages
Hugo · 1998
WinnerNebula · 1999
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7 award entries · 5 books · 5 wins · 1976–2008
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Synopsis
In a future where soldiers fight wars by remote-controlling humanoid robots, physicist Julian Class discovers that neural jacking — the technology that connects soldiers to their machines — could also be used to permanently eliminate human aggression. But powerful forces will kill to prevent this transformation.
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