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The Forever War
Published 1974 by St. Martin's Press · 236 pages
Hugo · 1976
WinnerNebula · 1976
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The Forever War
Joe Haldeman
Finalist
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Roger Zelazny
Finalist
Ragtime
E. L. Doctorow
Finalist
The Mote in God's Eye
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
Finalist
Invisible Cities
Italo Calvino
Finalist
The Female Man
Joanna Russ
Finalist
The Stochastic Man
Robert Silverberg
Finalist
The Heritage of Hastur
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Finalist
The Computer Connection
Alfred Bester
Finalist
Dhalgren
Samuel R. Delany
Finalist
A Midsummer Tempest
Poul Anderson
Finalist
Autumn Angels
Arthur Byron Cover
Finalist
A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire
Michael Bishop
Finalist
Guernica Night
Barry N. Malzberg
Finalist
Missing Man
Katherine MacLean
Finalist
The Exile Waiting
Vonda N. McIntyre
Finalist
The Birthgrave
Tanith Lee
Finalist
The Embedding
Ian Watson
Joe Haldeman on these ballots
7 award entries · 5 books · 5 wins · 1976–2008
Synopsis
Drafted into an elite military unit to fight an alien enemy light-years from Earth, physics student William Mandella discovers that due to time dilation, each combat tour ages him only months while centuries pass back home. As the war drags on across a thousand years of Earth-time, Mandella returns from each deployment to a civilization increasingly alien to him.
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Details
- Series
- Forever War · Book 1
- Author nationality
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780312298906