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Liked It “Normally a sequel doesn't rate higher than the first book but this is an exception. A fantastic futuristic SiFi military story. Haldeman writes compelling and believable characters. plus the plot just sweeps you along. Highly recommended” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “I did not care for the story at all.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Normally a sequel doesn't rate higher than the first book but this is an exception. A fantastic futuristic SiFi military story. Haldeman writes compelling and believable characters. plus the plot just sweeps you along. Highly recommended”
Little Timmy B wrote this review Saturday, November 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Forever War won awards. Forever Peace did not. There's a reason why. Not to say Forever Peace is a bad book, it's really just right there teetering on the brink of mediocrity trying not to slide down the slippery slope of failure. It starts out awesome enough with the war excursions written in the classic Haldeman style, but then those last 80 pages I just kept wondering, "Is this thing ever going to end? Something, please, just happen."”
hubdiggity wrote this review Tuesday, November 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Some truly great ideas here from legendary SF author Joe Haldeman but... how they're put together in the story is flawed. There are two plot lines that would have made great books in their own right, but combined, the whole is not equal to the sum of its parts. Still, it's a much better read than most SF today.”
Zenjin wrote this review Thursday, September 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I did not care for the story at all.”
Bob K wrote this review Saturday, July 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Another home run from Joe Haldeman.
Mark W wrote this review Thursday, April 10 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The science fiction 'gimmick' here is a not at all unreasonable extrapolation of current trends in automated/remote control military vehicles + advanced control interface technology. He combines that science fiction element with a political extrapolation that is all too sadly coming true in our current world. Corporate elitism, attempts to subjugate the rest of the world by force, increasing indifference towards slaughter of innocents, and the ethical blindness/moral numbness that results from conflict between hyper-advanced extreme stand-off attack capability versus flesh and blood as seen through a video 'gun sight', all of these things have emerged to shape our current reality.
After finishing this book I immediately began wondering just how soon it would be until 'warboy' type technology became a favorite tool of tyrants - controlled by hordes of morally crippled first person shooter game player 'soldiers' as they remote pilot their death machines through the ruins of places like Basra, Falluja, or maybe even Seattle, New Orleans, or St. Louis - hunting down 'terrorists' or at least that's what anyone they found would be labeled.
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“Thought this was a very good book with an interesting concept. A good take on portraying unbalanced sides (one side with high tech the other with low tech) in a war. Like the technology used and the idea of 'remote' soldiers. However the ending was pretty bad and much to happy for the setting...his book Forever War seemed to have the same problem...”
rand wrote this review Thursday, May 3 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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