Joe William Haldeman is an American science fiction author. He is best known for his 1974 novel The Forever War. That novel, and other of his works including The Hemingway Hoax and Forever Peace , have won major science fiction awards including the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. For his career writing science fiction and/or fantasy he is a SFWA Grand Master and since 2012 a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.
Many of Haldeman's works, including his debut novel War Year and his second novel The Forever War, were inspired by his experience serving in the Vietnam War, where he was wounded in combat, and by his adjustment to civilian life after returning home.
Joe Haldeman book The Forever War
Source: The Forever War (1974), Chapter 10 (p. 46)
Context: Relativity propped it up, at least gave it the illusion of being there... the way all reality becomes illusory and observer-oriented when you study general relativity. Or Buddhism. Or get drafted.
“She hadn’t been such a bad girl before the power went to her head.”
Joe Haldeman book The Forever War
Source: The Forever War (1974), Chapter 7 (p. 28)
“Maybe after the war we’ll be civilized again. That’s the way it has always happened in the past.”
Joe Haldeman book Forever Peace
Source: Forever Peace (1997), p. 14
“Tonight we're going to show you eight silent ways to kill a man.”
Joe Haldeman book The Forever War
Source: The Forever War
Joe Haldeman book Forever Peace
Source: Forever Peace (1997), p. 25
Joe Haldeman book Mindbridge
Source: Mindbridge (1976), Chapter 8 “Geoformy 1” (p. 33)
“CAROL: You don’t care for the music?
JACQUE: Music! It’s just a gimmick to sell lutes and flutes.”
Joe Haldeman book Mindbridge
Source: Mindbridge (1976), Chapter 18 “Chapter 6: Prelude” (p. 64)
Joe Haldeman book The Accidental Time Machine
Source: The Accidental Time Machine (2007), Chapter 14 (p. 152)
Joe Haldeman book The Forever War
Source: The Forever War (1974), Chapter 20 (p. 107)
Joe Haldeman book The Forever War
Source: The Forever War (1974), Chapter 35 (p. 264)
“We’re inferring from an absence of data,” Jacque said. “That’s lousy science.”
Joe Haldeman book Mindbridge
Source: Mindbridge (1976), Chapter 28 “Chapter Eight” (p. 104)
““Everybody rich and happy.” She smiled. “Also complacent and rather stupid, you may have noticed.””
Joe Haldeman book The Accidental Time Machine
Source: The Accidental Time Machine (2007), Chapter 15 (p. 181)
“Nobody else in that platoon can tell a Hamiltonian from a hamburger.”
Joe Haldeman book Forever Peace
Source: Forever Peace (1997), p. 146
“Some are born crazy,” Amelia said. “Some achieve craziness. We had craziness thrust upon us.”
Joe Haldeman book Forever Peace
Source: Forever Peace (1997), p. 249
Source: For White Hill (1995), p. 257
Joe Haldeman book Camouflage
Source: Camouflage (2004), Chapter 24 (p. 133)
“Big money seeks out the company of its own, for purposes of reproduction.”
Source: For White Hill (1995), p. 225
Joe Haldeman book Forever Peace
Source: Forever Peace (1997), p. 205
Joe Haldeman book The Forever War
Source: The Forever War (1974), Chapter 20 (p. 108)
“Like a lot of things that everybody knows, it wasn’t true.”
Joe Haldeman book Forever Peace
Source: Forever Peace (1997), pp. 44-45
Joe Haldeman book The Accidental Time Machine
Source: The Accidental Time Machine (2007), Chapter 12 (pp. 110-111)
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