Joe W Haldeman
Author
Series
Forever series (Joe W. Haldeman) volume 1
Language
English
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Private William Mandella is a hero in spite of himself -- a reluctant conscript drafted into an elite military unit, and propelled through space and time to fight in a distant thousand-year conflict. He never wanted to go to war, but the leaders on Earth have drawn a line in the interstellar sand -- despite the fact that their fierce alien enemy is unknowable, unconquerable, and very far away. So Mandella will perform his duties without rancor and...
Author
Series
Forever series (Joe W. Haldeman) volume 2
Publisher
Ace Books
Language
English
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The Ngumi War of 2043 is taking its toll on Julian Class, a soldier who operates an indestructible, remote controlled war machine known as a soldierboy, so when he and his lover make a startling scientific discovery that could set the universe back to the beginning of time, he is very tempted to try it out.
4) Forever free
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The forever war raged for centuries ... but Marygay was there to see it all. During the interstellar travel that took her years, generations came and went on Earth. Thanks to special relativity, Marygay was able to wait for many lifetimes to be reunited with her lost love, William Mandella. But they, and the other survivors of the war, are struggling to find their place in the universe after the galaxy shattering conflict"--
5) Starbound
Author
Series
Marsbound novels volume 2
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
6) Marsbound
Author
Series
Marsbound novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Young Carmen Dula and her family are about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime--they're going to Mars. Once on the Red Planet, however, Carmen realizes things are not so different from Earth. There are chores to do, lessons to learn, and oppressive authority figures to rebel against. And when she ventures out into the bleak Mars landscape alone one night, a simple accident leads her to the edge of death until she is saved by an angel--an angel...
Author
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Wounded in combat and honorably discharged nine years ago, Jack Daley still suffers nightmares from when he served his country as a sniper, racking up sixteen confirmed kills. Now a struggling author, Jack accepts an offer to write a near-future novel about a serial killer, based on a Hollywood script outline. It's an opportunity to build his writing career, and a future with his girlfriend, Kit Majors. But Jack's other talent is also in demand....
10) Earthbound
Author
Series
Marsbound novels volume 3
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The mysterious alien Others have prohibited humans from space travel--destroying Earth's fleet of starships in a display of unimaginable power. Now Carmen Dula, the first human to encounter Martians and then the mysterious Others, and her colleagues struggle to find a way, using nineteenth-century technology, to reclaim the future that has been stolen from them.
Author
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A career retrospective of Haldeman's finest work, with original story introduction provided by the author. What emerges is a stunning portrait of a writer who may be more complex and varied than even his most devoted fans suspect.
17) Worlds apart
Author
Series
Worlds trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
c1983
Language
English
Description
Wars on Earth have shattered civilization and threaten to exterminate humanity, but half a million people still survive on the Worlds, a complex of satellite colonies. Marianne O'Hara of New New York must choose between helping the remaining "groundhogs" on earth and preparing for a mass flight to another star system.
