The Forever War is a military science fiction novel by American author Joe Haldeman, telling the contemplative story of soldiers fighting an interstellar war between Man and the Taurans. It won the Nebula Award in 1975 and the Hugo and the Locus awards in 1976. Forever Free and Forever Peace are respectively, direct and thematic sequel novels. The novella A Separate War is another sequel of sorts, occurring simultaneously to the final portion of The Forever War. Informally, the novels compose The Forever War series; the novel also inspired a comic book and a board game. The Forever War is the first title in the SF Masterworks series.
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.
“Tonight we're going to show you eight silent ways to kill a man.”
Joe Haldeman book The Forever War
Source: The Forever War
“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)
