Book description
William Mandela is a genetic throwback, one of the small group of
humans who fought and survived the Forever War. They returned to find
humanity has evolved into a group mind called Man. Surrounded by a
society that is too autocratic and intrusive, living a dull existence
which cannot compare to the certainties of combat and feeling
increasingly alienated, the veterans plan an escape to the future by
means of space travel and relativity. But when their ship starts to
fail, their journey becomes a search for the Unknown, the elusive entity
responsible. Joe Haldeman was born in Oklahoma in 1943 and studied
physics and astronomy before serving as a combat engineer in Vietnam,
where he was severely wounded and won a Purple Heart. The Forever War
was his first SF novel and it won both the Hugo and Nebula awards, a
feat which The Forever Peace repeated. He is also the author of, among
others, Mindbridge, All My Sins Remembered, Worlds, Worlds Apart and
Worlds Enough and Time.
