Book description
Astronomy professor Aurora 'Rory' Bell gets a message from space that
seems to portend the arrival of extraterrestrial visitors. According to
her calculations, whoever is coming will arrive in three months - on New
Year's Day to be exact.
A crowded and poisoned Earth is moving toward the brink of the last
world war - and is certainly unprepared to face invasion of any
kind. Rory's continuing investigation leads her to wonder if it could
be some kind of hoax, but the impending 'visit' takes on a media life of
its own. And so the world waits. But the question still remains as to
what, exactly, everyone is waiting for... Joe Haldeman (1943 - )
Joe William Haldeman was born in Oklahoma City in 1943. He holds
degrees in physics and astronomy, and served as a combat engineer in
Vietnam, where he was severely wounded and earned a Purple Heart. This
experience informed his best known work, the Hugo and Nebula
Award-winning The Forever War
. He is one of SF's most decorated authors, boasting 5 Hugos, 5 Nebulas,
the World Fantasy Award, the John W. Campbell Memorial and James
Tiptree, Jr Awards and the SFWA Grand Master Award amongst many others.
In addition to continuing to produce top quality SF, Joe Haldeman
teaches writing at MIT.
