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  1. Forever War: Book 1

    The Forever War

    by Joe Haldeman

    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... (learn more about this book)

  2. The Accidental Time Machine

    by Joe Haldeman

    Grad-school dropout Matt Fuller is toiling as a lowly research assistant at MIT when, while measuring subtle quantum forces that relate to time changes in gravity and electromagnetic force, his calibrator turns into a time machine. With a dead-end job and a girlfriend who has left him for... (learn more about this book)

  3. Forever War: Book 2

    Forever Peace

    by Joe Haldeman

    2043 A.D.: The Ngumi War rages. A burned-out soldier and his scientist lover discover a secret that could put the universe back to square one--not a terrifying prospect, but a tempting one.

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  4. Forever War: Book 3

    Forever Free

    by Joe Haldeman

    The sequel to The Forever War, winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, Forever Free is an epic story about war, peace, and the price of freedom. It reintroduces readers to William Mandella--who has been living peacefully on the planet called Middle Finger, a refuge for humans who refuse to... (learn more about this book)

  5. Marsbound: Book 1

    Marsbound

    by Joe Haldeman

    A novel of the red planet from the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of The Accidental Time Machine and Old Twentieth. 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... (learn more about this book)

  6. Old Twentieth

    by Joe Haldeman

    The passengers aboard the starship Ad Astra spend most of their time on the thousand-year journey to Beta Hydrii within the virtual reality of twentieth-century Earth. There, they can experience nostalgia for the hardship of a life they've since evolved beyond. But when people inside the... (learn more about this book)

  7. The Coming

    by Joe Haldeman

    From the depths of space comes a startling message: "We're Coming." On the brink of war and hysteria, Earth must prepare for the arrival. But the question still remains as to who-or what-will actually arrive... "His most successful and rewarding book in years." (Jonathan Strahan, ... (learn more about this book)

  8. All My Sins Remembered

    by Joe Haldeman

    Otto McGavin is peaceful and idealistic by nature, an Anglo-Buddhist, who seeks employment with the Confederacion because he believes in it and its mission to protect the rights of humans and nonhumans. The only problem is that the Confederacion needs him as a Prime Operator for its secret... (learn more about this book)

  9. Nebula Awards

    Mindbridge

    by Joe Haldeman

    Jacque Le Favre is a tamer, a member of one of the exploration teams that humankind has been able to send to the stars. His first world is the second planet out from Groombridge 1618, a rather unpromising place until they encounter a native creature that imparts the gift of telepathy onto... (learn more about this book)

  10. Marsbound: Book 2

    Starbound

    by Joe Haldeman

    A New from the Hugo, Nebula, and John W. Campbell Award-winning author of Marsbound . Carmen Dula and her husband have spent six years travelling to a distant solar system that is home to the enigmatic, powerful race known as "The Others," in the hopes of finding enough common purpose... (learn more about this book)

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