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Copyright © Joe Haldeman 1997 Version 1.0 1998 Hugo Award Winner 1999 Nebula Award Winner This novel is for two editors: John W. Campbell, who rejected a story because he thought it was absurd to write about American women who fight and die in combat, and Ben Bova, who didn't. Caveat lector: This book is not a continuation of my 1975 novel The Forever War. From the author's point of view it is a kind of sequel, though, examining some of that novel's problems from an angle...

Raamatu keskmes on eideetilise mäluga Bostoni kirjandusprofessor John Baird, kelle erialaks on moodne klassik Ernest Hemingway. 1921. aastal kaotas Hemingway naine Hadley Pariisi rongis ära kohvri kirjaniku esimese romaani ja hulga lühijuttude käsikirjadega. Baird, kes teab peast kogu Hemingway loomingut, otsustab romaani kirjandusliku nalja korras ise uuesti kirjutada. Siis aga võtab temaga ühendust Hemingway näoga võõras, kes keelitab teda ettevõtmisest loobuma. Selgub, et Hemingway käsikirja...

Private William Mandella is a reluctant hero in an interstellar war against an unknowable and unconquerable alien enemy. But his greatest test will be when he returns home. Relativity means that for every few months' tour of duty centuries have passed on Earth, isolating the combatants ever more from the world for whose future they are fighting. The Earth he knew is dead. The one he returns to . . . unrecognisable. Winner of the Nebula, Locus and Hugo awards, The Forever War was the...