Peace and War Omnibus

Forever War Forever Free Forever Peace

Joe Haldeman

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Gollancz
01 January 2007

Science fiction; Fantasy; Space; War

Series: Gollancz S.F.

WAR

William Mandela is a reluctant hero, drafted to fight in a distant interstellar war against unknowable and unconquerable aliens. But his greatest test will be returning to Earth. A few months of his tour of duty equate to centuries on his homeworld, during which he becomes increasingly isolated from the world he has been fighting to protect.

FREE

Mandela returns home for the last time to find humanity has evolved into a group conciousness which excludes him. Alone, alieneated and missing the certainties of combat, he and his fellow verterans search for an escape - and finally look towards space.

PEACE

A war is raging, fought by indestructible machines operated remotely by soldiers miles away and for soldiers like Julian Class, war is truly hell. So when he and his companion, Dr Amelia Harding, uncover something which could take the universe back to square one, the prospect isn't so much terrifying, as terrifyingly tempting ...

By: Joe Haldeman
Imprint: Gollancz
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 48mm
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9780575079199
ISBN 10: 0575079193
Series: Gollancz S.F.
Pages: 704
Publication Date: 01 January 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joe Haldeman was born in Oklahoma in 1943 and studied physics and astronomy before serving as a combat engineer in Vietnam, where he was severely wounded and won a Purple Heart. The Forever War was his first SF novel and it won both the Hugo and Nebula awards, a feat which The Forever Peace repeated. He is also the author of, among others, Mindbridge, All My Sins Remembered, Worlds, Worlds Apart and Worlds Enough and Time.