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The Forever War - Review
Link to the author's (J. Haldeman) personal website
Genre: Sci-Fi
Publication Type: Book
Tags:
- Average Age of Main Characters (30)
- Length (3 / 10)
Link to Goodreads
Blurb: The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand—despite the fact that the fierce alien enemy that they would oppose is inscrutable, unconquerable, and very far away. A reluctant conscript drafted into an elite Military unit, Private William Mandella has been propelled through space and time to fight in the distant thousand-year conflict; to perform his duties without rancor and even rise up through military ranks. Pvt. Mandella is willing to do whatever it takes to survive the ordeal and return home. But "home" may be even more terrifying than battle, because, thanks to the time dilation caused by space travel, Mandella is aging months while the Earth he left behind is aging centuries.
Review: This is a quick and good read. The book manages relativity incredibly well, and the way the war is shown and how civilisation changes is a really interesting take. The ludicrousness of many of the situations can be a bit depressing when you realise they're often results of originally not-so-terrible ideas.