![]() Several of the recruits die during training due to the extreme environments and the use of live weapons. Training is grueling – first on Earth and later on a planet called "Charon" beyond Pluto (written before the discovery of the actual planetoid). The elite recruits have IQs of 150 and above, are highly educated, healthy, and fit. The UNEF ground troops are sent out for reconnaissance and revenge. ![]() William Mandella is a physics student conscripted for an elite task force in the United Nations Exploratory Force being assembled for a war against the Taurans, an alien species discovered when they apparently attacked human colonists' ships. ![]() ![]() The Forever War is the first title in the SF Masterworks series. Informally, the novels comprise The Forever War series the novel also inspired a comic book and a board game. The novella A Separate War (1999) is another sequel of sorts, occurring simultaneously with the final portion of The Forever War. Forever Free (1999) and Forever Peace (1997) are, respectively, direct and thematic sequel novels. It won the Nebula Award in 1975 and the Hugo and Locus awards in 1976. The Forever War (1974) is a military science fiction novel by American author Joe Haldeman, telling the contemplative story about human soldiers fighting an interstellar war against an alien civilization known as the Taurans. ![]()
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