Subj : Re: The Forever War
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Steve Brooks
Date : Tue Sep 06 2005 16:51:00

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

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.)

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SB

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