Subj : Re: The Forever War
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Jim Larson
Date : Tue Sep 06 2005 21:56:08

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Steve Brooks wrote:

> Jim Larson wrote:
>> Trouble wrote:
>>
>>> Jim Larson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Has anyone read this? Opinions?
>>>
>>> Joe Haldeman?
>>>
>>> Feels similar to Starship Troopers in some places, explores time
>>> dialation felt by relativistic space travellers.
>>>
>>> Its worth noting that Haldeman wrote it after returning from Vietnam.
>>>
>>
>> Just finished it. It was really quite good in spite of the slightly
>> pat ending.
>>
>> Read a few reviews commenting on how the training and battle sequences
>> (future stuff notwithstanding) continues to resonate with veterans of
>> actual combat. I wouldn't know about that of course, but found it
>> compelling anyway.
> 
> Now go and hunt down Bob Shaw's 'Who Goes Here' for a very different
> view of war on far flung planets. (Also one of the funniest Science
> Fiction novels ever written by someone other than Harry Harrison.)
> 

Thanks for the suggestion. 

-- 
Jim

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