{"product_id":"the-forever-war-1","title":"The Forever War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards. A true masterpiece of military science fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrivate William Mandella is a reluctant hero, a physics student drafted into an elite military unit. He is propelled through space and time to fight in a distant, thousand-year conflict against an unknowable alien enemy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMandella will perform his duties and survive, but his greatest test will come when he returns home. Because of the time dilation from space travel, he has aged only months, while Earth has aged centuries. He and his fellow soldiers are now isolated from the very world they were fighting for, a world that has changed beyond their comprehension.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on the author's own experiences in the Vietnam War, \u003ci\u003eThe Forever War\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful anti-war allegory and a landmark of the science fiction genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe Haldeman\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1943) is an American science fiction author and a veteran of the Vietnam War. Drafted in 1967, his experiences in combat, where he was severely wounded, profoundly influenced his writing, most notably in his debut novel \u003ci\u003eWar Year\u003c\/i\u003e and his most famous work, \u003ci\u003eThe Forever War\u003c\/i\u003e. He has won numerous awards, including five Hugos and five Nebulas, and was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He taught writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40594342019157,"sku":"9781399607780N","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/b3be4b01-e29d-403f-ba32-755a576047da.jpg?v=1682354680","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/the-forever-war-1","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}