Movie Theater Rereading Joe Haldeman from the 1970's and catching up on his subsequent work.

[Greg Langelius *]

Since everything I read these days is on Kindle, I did a lookup of Joe Haldeman's Forever War, wanting to reread it and ...Peace..

I have loaded down Forever War and Forever Peace. Then Forever Free, 1968, All My Sins Remembered, and The Worlds Trilogy.

Having been drafted and sent to the Engineers in 1966, I am expecting 1968 to take a rather big bite out of me. But Haldeman was always very in-sync with my own mind, I had once hankered for more along the lines of his ...War and ...Peace, and this additional reading would seem to have much promise for me.

Anyway, sight unseen beyond Forever Peace, I highly recommend anything he's written, and will probably be adding more of his stuff to my Kindle Fire after these.

His Forever series is not all that detached from Ender's Game, and Ender's universe, either.

 

[Greg Langelius *]

Well, I've read all the above, and they do not disappoint.

1968 was was somewhat reminiscent of Born In The USA, and maybe The Snake Pit. It left me thinking my expectations were all wrong. The experience was nearly totally unrelated to my own experiences of over and back in 'Nam. I was obliged to adjust to a uniquely different reality at the time, and readjusting back has never been totally completed. Some days, even now, are still hard.

The Worlds Trilogy is a great romp of a Space Opera; fun, engaging, and quirky.

The Forever War, Forever Peace, and Forever Free are as remembered (...War), and somewhat unexpected, too (especially ...Peace).. ...Free is already getting disjointed in my memory.

I'll hold off a little before I venture more deeply into his remaining works. But I also still highly recommend his writing.

Greg