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Joe Haldeman
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Title: |
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Forever Peace |
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No copies available |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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326 |
Date: |
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1997-10-01 |
ISBN: |
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0441004067 |
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Ace Hardcover |
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1.0 pounds |
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6.5 x 1.25 x 9.75 inches |
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1st |
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3 Iguana (USA: ID), Whitney (USA: PA), Shop 20 Questions (USA: VA) |
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3 Gann (USA: CA), Kasey (USA: CA), Jon Chamberlain (USA: NH) |
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Product Description
Here is Joe Haldeman's triumphant return to the thoughtful science fiction that made his The Forever War a multiple award-winner. In the year 2043, the Ngumi War has raged for eight years. Julian Class is a "soldier boy, " and for him war is indeed hell. For Julian it might be worth dying just to stop living. But he and his lover have made a terrifying scientific discovery that could literally put the Universe back to square one. For Julian the discovery is tempting.
Amazon.com Review
Julian Class is a full-time professor and part-time combat veteran who spends a third of each month virtually wired to a robotic "soldierboy." The soldierboys, along with flyboys and other advanced constructs, allow the U.S. to wage a remotely controlled war against constant uprisings in the Third World. The conflicts are largely driven by the so-called First World countries' access to nanoforges--devices that can almost instantly manufacture any product imaginable, given the proper raw materials--and the Third World countries' lack of access to these devices. But even as Julian learns that the consensual reality shared by soldierboy operators can lead to universal peace, the nanoforges create a way for humanity to utterly destroy itself, and it will be a race against time to see which will happen first. Although Forever Peace bears a title similar to Joe Haldeman's classic novel The Forever War, he says it's not a sequel.
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http://bookmooch.com/0441004067 |
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