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Summary: Some bright spots, but disappointing
Review: I read in the author's introduction to this edition that the middle section of the book was once published seperately; having read the whole thing, I think that this middle section is by far the best part. The rest of it doesn't really have anything to it apart from (admittedly well-written) battle scenes, and seems to be not a lot more than a rewrite of sections of 'Starship Troopers'.As a novella (or even longer short story), missing out most of the descriptions of combat, it would have been a lot better. But as it stands, I can't see what all the excitement is about.
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Summary: Great Science Fiction
Review: One of the best I've read. The combination of sci-fi and military is great. I also recommend Robert Doherty's AREA 51 books. I saw where someone recommended Steiger's Alien Rapture, but one wonders where Steiger got his idea from-- seems like AREA 51 blazed the path first. Check it out.
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Summary: A Science Fiction Collector's Top Ten reads of all time.
Review: Forever War should be titled A Forever Read, because it is one of the best science fiction novels ever written. Better than Heinlin's Starship Troopers. As good as anything Asimov, Clark, Herbert, Smith, etc., ever wrote. I bought a new copy for my teenage grandson along with Amazon's new Steiger novel, Alien Rapture, which the SFWAA indorsed as the best speculative fiction this year. YES, buy this book.
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Summary: Pretty good sci-fi -- but no classic
Review: It is scary to read the glowing reviews of this book. True, the book clearly parallels the Vietnam War. But that is precisely what only the worst kind of science fiction would attempt to do. I don't want to be reminded of a certain time and place when reading a sci-fi novel, the setting should be universal and the possibilities endless. Dating the novel even more are the insipid references to "required by law" conjugal relations between the soldiers. This is more of a teenage male's fantasy than an honest, thought-out depiction of a possible future. But, all that being said, the writing was good and the plot interesting. I recommend it as an pretty good period piece, but any intelligent reading of The Forever War marks it as clearly dated. The book was written in the 70's and reads like it on almost every page.
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Summary: A classic
Review: I like military sci-fi and this is one of the classics. I also enjoy the Dorsai series. Another strange new series is AREA 51 by Robert Doherty. Not as sci-fi-- more present day, but intriguing. Highly recommend it.
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Summary: Easily one of the best SF books ever written
Review: I can understand why the book has remained popular for so long. The Hugo and Nebula awards were well deserved. I highly recommend this book, and will reread it often.
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Summary: Effect of space travel on time is interesting; Not bad book
Review: Not very inovative, but interesting explanation how space travel effects time.
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Summary: Strictly for Teens. . .
Review: I've enjoyed several sci-fi books through Amazon and generally find the reviews helpful. For this one, I can see why teen males would find it "deep" and give it high marks. There's plenty of sniggering sex-and-drugs-in-space, all told by a jaded and self-obsessed main character. For grown-ups in the 90's, however, this book is awfully stale.
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Summary: A little-known classic
Review: Many years ago I had the fortune to stumble into this story in an old issue of Analog. It is one of the best sf books ever written, and easily is within the class of Heinlein's best. Humanism and humanity, and a biting anti-war message make this book stand above almost all other sf writings.
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Summary: This is the best sf book ever written
Review: I first read a paperback copy about 20 years ago, when I was a grunt in a reconnaissance regiment and have reread it numerous times since. A few years ago I had to try and wean my pre-teenage son off Sonic The Hedgehog and parked this book under his nose. In the short time since, he has probably read it nearly as many times as I have. Just last night I found the cover next to the computer: Matthew's hammering of the book, at home and at school, have finally seen off that copy of that marvellous book. The story? A grunt goes to war, in a spacecaft instead of an APC. Because of relativity, the earth he left behind ages more quickly than he does. Being unable to handle the changed earth he returns to at the end of his tour, he reenlists. He and another grunt (the female lead) stay in the same unit (and hence the same slice of the space-time continuum) through numerous battles until they are separated by promotion. Despite having served thousands of objective years in a pointless war, he is still subjectively young, out of his depth in leadership and alone without the female lead.
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