Audio book.
This book was written in 1974, and the audio book recorded 1999ish.
I'd always heard this was a classic, so took the long drive as an opportunity to listen to it.
Broad strokes, slightly spoilerish:
The author did a DAMNED good job predicting they year 2021, from 1970. I think the most prescient thing was predicting that people would be choosing their own pronouns, this year. No shit.
The book isn't quite the wall-to-wall epic war story I expected, but both the kid and I liked it well enough, and it inspired some discussion and analysis when we were done.
The Forever War - Joe Halderman
The Forever War - Joe Halderman
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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The Forever War - Joe Halderman
I read it like 20+ years ago; remember thinking it was good.
Supposedly was often touted as the "left-wing" answer to Starship Troopers, but I don't recall it being explicitly anti-war, although it wasn't rah-rah about the military IIRC. Both had military experience: Haldeman was wounded in combat in VietNam, whereas Heinlein was invalided out of the Navy in the 30s and never saw combat.
Supposedly was often touted as the "left-wing" answer to Starship Troopers, but I don't recall it being explicitly anti-war, although it wasn't rah-rah about the military IIRC. Both had military experience: Haldeman was wounded in combat in VietNam, whereas Heinlein was invalided out of the Navy in the 30s and never saw combat.