The Forever Reading

[ken_schneyer]

I've been trying to work my way through all of the Hugo- and Nebula-award-winning novels I haven't yet read (which are legion), in between reading new short fiction etc.

Yesterday I got to Joe Haldeman's The Forever War. Yes, I know it's shocking and shameful for an SF buff, not to mention an SF writer, not to mention someone who's fascinated by

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[girlspell]

Strange coming across something you had read so young under a different title. I doubt the change of title improved the story. Funny about forever wars. They keep on going till they are in danger of running out of men (as with the 100 years war) These kind of wars are everywhere, starting from the close of the 100 years war on to present day war on terror. Oh you still had the "grand show" war which was set for five or six years (really eleven years WWII was the continuation of WWI and congratulate each other on it's end. Still in the background it continues. They'll keep on going (like the war on terror) till one side runs out of men. Then they will have a phony truce till the little boys reach 12 and will start all over again. I just don't like a sci fi spin on it. The premise is too real. The sex sounds as contrived as the "promiscuous" by law deal. I would think the government is more interested in how efficient your body is killing another person. It's the whole point. Although to be fair, the Spartans used homosexual sex during war to control the Soldiers loyalty. Probably where the author got the idea.