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"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 sand -- despite the fact that their fierce alien enemy is unknowable, unconquerable, and very far away. So Mandella will perform his duties without rancor and even rise up through the military's ranks ... if he survives. But the true test of his mettle will come when he returns to Earth. Because of the time dilation caused by space travel the loyal soldier is aging months, while his home planet is aging centuries -- and the difference will prove the saying: you never can go home."
"Private William Mandella is a hero in spite of himself. He never wanted to go to war, but the leaders on Earth have drawn a line in the interstellar sand."@en
"De eeuwige oorlog.- Een ruimteveteraan, die dankzij merkwaardige tijdeffecten niet ouder is dan dertig jaar, keert na een 1200-jarige interstellaire oorlog naar de aarde terug."
""Del Rey book." Battling the Taurans in space was one problem as Private William Mandella worked his way up the ranks to major. In spanning the stars, he aged only months while Earth aged centuries."
"Winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award: He went off to war, but the Earth he came back to wasn't the one he left behind Man has taken to the stars. Deep in space, humans discover the fearsome Taurans after a transport ship is destroyed. To combat the threat, humanity sends in the United Nations Exploratory Force-a highly trained unit built for revenge. Conscripted into the service, physics student William Mandella fights for his planet against the alien force light years away. However, because of the relative passage of time when one travels at incredibly high speed, the Earth he returns to after his two-year experience has progressed decades and is foreign to him in disturbing ways. Based in part on the author's experiences in Vietnam, The Forever War is regarded as one of the greatest military science fiction novels ever written, perfectly capturing the alienation that servicemen and women experience even now upon returning home from battle. The Forever War shines a light not only on the culture of the 1970s, the era in which it was written, but also on our potential future. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Joe Haldeman including rare images from the author's personal collection."@en
"One of the very best must-read SF novels of all time."@en
"A war breaks out between rich and poor nations over advanced technology which the rich refuse to share. Led by the U.S., the rich fight with robots, teleguided from chips in commanders' brains."@en
"The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand, despite the fact that the fierce alien enemy they would oppose is inscrutable, unconquerable, and very far away."
""The protagonist is William Mandella, a student who is drafted into an elite military task force without his consent and shipped off to war against the Taurans. After a grueling training period, Mandella is involved in a resounding victory against an enemy base. However, due to time dilation, decades have passed when they finally return home to Earth (even though they've only been out less than a year in their time). Besides the culture shock of returning to a completely different world, the Military is also dealing with the fact that the Taurans have had that much more time to develop more sophisticated weaponry and technology, leaving them at a distinct advantage. After surviving four more years of battle, Mandella officially becomes the oldest soldier in the war (with hundreds of years of objective service). By the time he and his companion Marygay return to Earth a final time, society has become nearly unrecognizable. With nothing left to tie him to Earth, he and Marygay decide instead to re-enlist"-- http://top-science-fiction-novels.com/the-forever-war-joe-haldeman/ (as viewed on 3/21/2013)."

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"Komiksy"@pl
"Komiksy"
"Fine books"
"Comic books, strips, etc"
"War stories"
"War stories"@en
"Comics"
"Electronic books"
"Electronic books"@en
"Science Fiction"
"Science fiction novels"
"Vědecko-fantastické příběhy"
"Fiction"
"Fiction"@en
"Fiction"@es
"Science fiction stories"
"Americké romány"
"Graphic novels"@en
"American fiction"
"Science fiction"
"Science fiction"@en
"Science fiction"@es
"Powieść amerykańska"@pl
"Vědecko-fantastické romány"
"Fantastyka naukowa amerykańska"
"Fantastyka naukowa amerykańska"@pl

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"Der ewige Krieg Science-fiction-Roman"
"Der ewige Krieg Roman"
"Songkhrām chūa niran = The forever war"
"Songkhrām chūaniran = The forever war"
"Der ewige krieg : science fiction--roman"
"<&gt"@he
"La guerre eternelle"
"Der ewige Krieg Science-Fiction-Roman"
"La Guerra interminable"
"Der ewige Krieg = The forever war"
"Bitmeyen savaş"
"La Guerre éternelle"
"Der ewige Krieg"
"Věčná válka"
"The forever war : a novel"
"La guerra interminable"
"La guerra interminable"@es
"מלחמה לנצח"
"The forever war"
"Der ewige Krieg : Roman"
"The forever war"@en
"Wieczna wojna"
"Wieczna wojna"@pl
"Milḥamah la-netsaḥ"
"Forever war"
"Der ewige Krieg Roman - Science Fiction Jubiläumsedition"
"La guerre éternelle"
"Forever War"@en
"Der ewige Krieg : Science Fiction-Roman"
"Loputon sota"@fi
"La guerre éternelle : roman"

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