JOE HALDEMAN LIVES !THE FOREVER WARS ARE BACK !

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hakoMike

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I think I might have read this.... man, I typically have a better memory about books. Well, it was probably when I was in college and I had other things on my mind....

The book I read definitely had the time frame thing going on, and it had the soldiers being transported through space basically packed in liquid so they could withstand the g-forces of the ships evading enemy fire. Does that ring a bell with anyone?
 
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Micha

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Yes exactely this is forever war they re placed into pressure chambers flooded with liquid. A good Idea basically - the attempt at realism is one of the resons the book belons to my favourite Sci-Fi.

Micha
 
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matty1001

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Originally posted by supervike
Originally posted by freakinacage
you\'ll have to wait \'till the 17th (once i have finished the cake decorations for my friends wedding) when i\'ll have some spare time to myself again!!
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URG! I\'m on chapter 15 already (course the chapters are tiny)!!....Matty are you joining our book club?:D
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Yea alright lol il start tonight!
 
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supervike

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Matty, Freakinacage...

How we doing?

I\'ve read to \'part two\' and a little beyond.

Was Starship Troopers before or after this? They seem very similar (although I haven\'t read that book either)

I do like the \'military\' feel of the book, it does give it a realistic tone.

Its funny how the idea of \'free sex\' and a loose drug culture have spilled over from his real life era (circa early 70\'s) into the story. I wonder how he would have been affected in the era we currently live in?
 
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vincenti

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When I first read this book (over 30 years ago?) it was the technology of the combat suits that most impressed me :idea:.Especially the self medic capabilites of the latter suits ( dont want to give away too much just in case you havnt read the details yet).I havnt proggressed onto the last two books yet ,as I am still basking in a glow of warm fuzzy nostalgia,I am glad others are enjoying the literature :D.
GOD bless ..........VINCENTI
 
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hashmallum

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Always loved \'forever war\' they were even available here in Poland in a3 format, on crappy paper ... Still got all the 3 parts *_*
 
freakinacage

freakinacage

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i love his writing style. best quote so far:

Actually, she was the one with the new trick. French corkscrew, she called it. She wouldn\'t tell me who\'d tought it to her though. I\'d like to shake his hand. Once i got my strength back

lol

just started the sargent mandella part. i\'m glad this book was pointed out to me (thanks adrian!) - need some more good sci-fi books. was actually halfway through \'the culled\' by simon spurrier which is also excellent
 
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supervike

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Originally posted by hashmallum
Always loved \'forever war\' they were even available here in Poland in a3 format, on crappy paper ... Still got all the 3 parts *_*
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Here in Poland?

Hows Ireland fit into the mix?
 
freakinacage

freakinacage

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just finished chapter 7 of the second part. they\'ve just met someone from earth. a bit weird thinking about how culture has changed without them drugs, sexuality, currency. heroin available at the bar. mad stuff but oddly believable.
 
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supervike

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Originally posted by freakinacage
just finished chapter 7 of the second part. they\'ve just met someone from earth. a bit weird thinking about how culture has changed without them drugs, sexuality, currency. heroin available at the bar. mad stuff but oddly believable.
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Me too...very odd how he has visualized the future.

I like how MaryGay lives outside Sioux Falls....A town which I have to visit next week for work...think I should bring a bodyguard?lol
 
freakinacage

freakinacage

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it\'s the fact that the date is 2007 in the part of the book i\'m currently reading - just a few months in the future..
 
freakinacage

freakinacage

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and there\'s me with the reading age of a five year old (monkey) rushing along because you seemed soooooo far ahead!! lol
 
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supervike

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Well, I finally finished this the other night....

Very interesting. It was a good book and well worth the read, but I wish it had just a bit more \'action\' to it. The writer has a way of downplaying most of the events, which isn\'t all that bad, but I felt it lacked \'excitement\'. Still, I really enjoyed the overall concepts, and the reality he brought to it. Fighting a battle in distant space where manuevers are made by the light year is pretty far out there.

And I have to admit I was a bit confused by the passage of time. Not so much in the story, but just overall. Relativity is a hard thing to wrap my noggin around.


Any other sci-fi books recommendations?

I just listened to \'Foundation\' by Isaac Asimov (i had a long car drive)....another very interesting story.
 
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