Science fiction
The Forever War
A physics student is drafted into a centuries-long interstellar war against an alien enemy. Because of relativity, each trip home puts him decades further from the world he knew, and there is nowhere left for him to belong.
- First published
- 1974
- Pace
- medium
- Length
- short
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a short, bitter science-fiction novel about the alienation of coming back from war.
Skip this if you want upbeat action, since the tone is angry and weary throughout.
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