The Forever War
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The Forever War is a landmark science fiction novel by Joe Haldeman that explores the psychological and social effects of relativistic interstellar warfare, often interpreted as an allegory for the Vietnam War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Forever War canonical | 4 |
| The Forever War comic series | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
The Forever War
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Forever War comic series
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| adaptationMedium | graphic novel ⓘ |
| allegoryFor | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| author | Joe Haldeman ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Hugo Award for Best Novel
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Locus Award ⓘ
surface form:
Locus Award for Best Novel
Nebula Award for Best Novel ⓘ |
| awardYear |
1975 Nebula Award for Best Novel
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Hugo Award for Best Novel ⓘ
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1976 Hugo Award for Best Novel
1976 Locus Award for Best Novel ⓘ |
| basedOn | Joe Haldeman's experiences in the Vietnam War ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
alienation of returning soldiers
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cultural change over time ⓘ futility of war ⓘ military bureaucracy ⓘ psychological effects of war ⓘ relativistic time dilation ⓘ social effects of war ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| describedAs | landmark science fiction novel ⓘ |
| featuresSpecies | Taurans ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Analog magazine ⓘ |
| followedBy | Forever Free ⓘ |
| genre |
military science fiction
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science fiction ⓘ space opera ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
1974 St. Martin's Press edition
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1975 Ballantine Books paperback edition ⓘ |
| hasMainConflict | war between humans and Taurans ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Forever Free ⓘ |
| influenced | later military science fiction works ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | New Wave science fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Marygay Potter
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William Mandella ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
realistic depiction of soldiers' experiences in future war
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use of hard science concepts in military SF ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| publisher | St. Martin's Press ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Forever Peace ⓘ |
| setting |
future
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interstellar space ⓘ |
| timeSpanInStory | several centuries due to time dilation ⓘ |
| usesConcept | relativistic interstellar travel ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Joe Haldeman
this entity surface form:
The Forever War comic series