Title: The Forever War

Title: The Forever War Title Record # 1911
Author: Joe Haldeman
Date: 1975-01-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Forever War
Series Number: 1
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: The 1972 novella "Hero" forms the basis for the section entitled "Private Mandella". The 1975 novella "End Game" is the basis for the final section. Contento says the novel is "composed of four previously published stories".

Synopsis: 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. (WorldCat)

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Other Titles

Translations

Year	Language	Title
1976^ⓘTranslated by Gérard Lebec possibly revised by Diane Brower for the J'ai Lu publications.	French	La guerre éternelle^?La guerre eternelle
1977^ⓘTranslated by Roberta Rambelli	Italian	Guerra eterna
1978^ⓘTranslated by Bob van Laerhoven	Dutch	De eeuwige oorlog
1978^ⓘTranslated by Edith Zilli	Spanish	La guerra interminable
1978^ⓘTranslated by Walter Brumm	German	Der ewige Krieg
1988^ⓘ<ul><li>Translated by Bruno Ogorelec<li>Title is in Serbian but translation is in Croatian language </ul>	Croatian	Večni rat^?Vecni rat
1990^ⓘTranslated by Veikko Rekunen	Finnish	Loputon sota
1997^ⓘTranslated by Hoppán Eszter	Hungarian	Örök háború
1999^ⓘTranslated by Mihai-Dan Pavelescu	Romanian	Războiul etern^?Razboiul etern
2000^ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Birgit%20Re%DF-Bohusch&type=Name&mode=exact">Birgit Reß-Bohusch</a>; new translation - likely of the revised version of 1988 or 1991 - using the previously established title	German	Der ewige Krieg
2004^ⓘTranslated by Miguel Ângelo Leal	Portuguese	Guerra sempre
2009^ⓘTranslated by Leonardo Castilhone	Portuguese	Guerra sem fim
2015^ⓘTranslated by Patrick Imbert	French	La guerre éternelle

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
8	1975 Locus	Best SF Novel
Win	1976 Ditmar	Best International Long Fiction
1	1976 Hugo	Best Novel
1	1976 Locus	Best SF Novel
Win	1976 Nebula	Novel
18	1987 Locus	All-Time Best SF Novel
Nomination	1987 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
12	1998 Locus	All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Forever War	1975-01-00	Joe Haldeman	St. Martin's Press		$7.95^?$: US dollar	236	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Forever War	1975-09-00	Joe Haldeman	Weidenfeld & Nicolson	0-297-77001-2	£3.50^?£: UK pound	236	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Nick Sutton
The Forever War	1976-00-00	Joe Haldeman	Orbit / Futura	0-86007-882-5	£0.65^?£: UK pound	236	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Patrick Woodroffe
The Forever War	1976-01-00	Joe Haldeman	Ballantine Books	0-345-24767-1	$1.50^?$: US dollar	218	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Murray Tinkelman
The Forever War	1976-01-00	Joe Haldeman	Ballantine Books	0-345-24767-1	C$1.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	218	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Murray Tinkelman
The Forever War	1976-03-00	Joe Haldeman	Orbit / Futura	0-86007-882-5	£0.60^?£: UK pound	236	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Patrick Woodroffe
The Forever War	1976-06-00	Joe Haldeman	Ballantine Books	0-345-24767-1	$1.50^?$: US dollar	218	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Murray Tinkelman
The Forever War	1976-10-00	Joe Haldeman	Orbit / Futura	0-86007-882-5	£0.85^?£: UK pound	236	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Patrick Woodroffe
The Forever War	1976-11-00	Joe Haldeman	Ballantine Books	0-345-25798-7	$1.75^?$: US dollar	218	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Murray Tinkelman
The Forever War	1977-08-00	Joe Haldeman	Orbit / Futura Publications	0-86007-882-5	£0.75^?£: UK pound	236	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Patrick Woodroffe
The Forever War	1977-12-00	Joe Haldeman	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-27579-9	$1.95^?$: US dollar	218	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Murray Tinkelman
The Forever War	1978-08-00	Joe Haldeman	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-27579-9	$1.95^?$: US dollar	218	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Murray Tinkelman
The Forever War	1981-04-00	Joe Haldeman	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-30148-X	$2.50^?$: US dollar	218	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Murray Tinkelman
The Forever War	1982-10-00	Joe Haldeman	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31020-9	$2.75^?$: US dollar	218	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Murray Tinkelman
The Forever War	1984-00-00	Joe Haldeman	Orbit	0-86007-882-5	£2.25^?£: UK pound	236	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Patrick Woodroffe
The Forever War	1984-12-00	Joe Haldeman	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-32489-7	$2.95^?$: US dollar	236	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Murray Tinkelman
The Forever War	1986-00-00	Joe Haldeman	Futura				pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Forever War	1988-00-00	Joe Haldeman	The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)			[10]+ 236	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Forever War	1988-04-00	Joe Haldeman	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-32489-7	$2.95^?$: US dollar	218	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Murray Tinkelman
The Forever War	1988-04-00	Joe Haldeman	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-32489-7	$2.95^?$: US dollar	218	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Murray Tinkelman
The Forever War	1988-09-00	Joe Haldeman	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-32489-7	$3.50^?$: US dollar	218	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Murray Tinkelman
The Forever War	1990-00-00	Joe Haldeman	Orbit / Futura	0-86007-882-5	£3.50^?£: UK pound	236	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Patrick Woodroffe
The Forever War	1991-05-00	Joe Haldeman	Avon Books	0-380-70821-3	$3.50^?$: US dollar	230	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Dorian Vallejo
The Forever War	1997-08-00	Joe Haldeman	Avon / SFBC	1-56865-432-4 / 17426	$9.98^?$: US dollar	203	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Dorian Vallejo
The Forever War	1997-08-00	Joe Haldeman	AvoNova	0-380-70821-3	$5.99^?$: US dollar	254	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jean Pierre Targete
The Forever War	1999-01-00	Joe Haldeman	Millennium / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #1)	1-85798-808-6	£6.99^?£: UK pound	254	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Forever War	1999-05-00	Joe Haldeman	AvoNova	0-380-70821-3	$6.99^?$: US dollar	x+ 254	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jean Pierre Targete
The Forever War	2000-00-00	Joe Haldeman	Millennium / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #1)	1-85798-808-6	£6.99^?£: UK pound	[12]+ 254	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Forever War	2001-00-00	Joe Haldeman	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #1)	1-85798-808-6	£6.99^?£: UK pound	[12]+ 254	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Forever War	2001-10-00	Joe Haldeman	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Masterworks (HC) #IX)	0-575-07318-7	£14.99^?£: UK pound	254	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Chris Moore
The Forever War	2002-00-00	Joe Haldeman	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #1)	1-85798-808-6	£6.99^?£: UK pound	[12]+ 254	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Forever War	2003-00-00	Joe Haldeman	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #1)	1-85798-808-6	£6.99^?£: UK pound	[12]+ 254	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Forever War	2003-09-00	Joe Haldeman	Eos / HarperCollins	0-06-051086-2	$13.95^?$: US dollar	vi+ 277+ [1]	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Jim Burns
The Forever War	2004-00-00	Joe Haldeman	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #1)	1-85798-808-6	£6.99^?£: UK pound	254	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Forever War	2005-05-00	Joe Haldeman	Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection #19)	0-7394-5343-2 / 1180870	$12.99^?$: US dollar	229	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Bruce Jensen
The Forever War	2006-08-01	Joe Haldeman	Gollancz (Gollancz SF)	0-575-07908-8	£7.99^?£: UK pound	x+ 271+ [2]	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Marc Adams
Peace and War	2006-11-00	Joe Haldeman	Gollancz / Orion	0-575-07919-3	£7.99^?£: UK pound	697	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Dominic Harman
The Forever War	2009-02-00	Joe Haldeman	St. Martin's Griffin	978-0-312-53663-3	$14.95^?$: US dollar	xviii+ 265	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Forever War	2010-03-29	Joe Haldeman	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-0-575-09414-7	£7.99^?£: UK pound	xi+ 234	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Forever War	2010-03-29	Joe Haldeman	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4072-3008-5	£7.99^?£: UK pound	xi+ 240	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Forever War	2011-07-06	Joe Haldeman	Ridan Publishing	978-0-312-53663-3	$4.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Forever War	2011-09-29	Joe Haldeman	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-11144-8	£4.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Forever War	2012-08-29	Joe Haldeman	Ridan Publishing	978-1-937475-20-8	$4.95^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Forever War	2013-02-01	Joe Haldeman	Centipede Press	978-1-933618-91-3	$225.00^?$: US dollar	289	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Jim Burns
The Forever War	2014-12-02	Joe Haldeman	Open Road Integrated Media (Iconic ebooks)	978-1-4976-9235-0	$11.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Michel Vrana
The Forever War	2014-12-02	Joe Haldeman	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-4976-9556-6	$7.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Michel Vrana
The Forever War	date unknown	Joe Haldeman	Avon Eos	0-380-70821-3	$6.99^?$: US dollar	xii+ 254	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jean Pierre Targete
The Forever War	date unknown	Joe Haldeman	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #1)	1-85798-808-6	£6.99^?£: UK pound	254	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Forever War	date unknown	Joe Haldeman	Avon Books	0-380-70821-3	$5.99^?$: US dollar	230	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Dorian Vallejo
The Forever War	date unknown	Joe Haldeman	Avon Eos	0-380-70821-3	$5.99^?$: US dollar	xii+ 254	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jean Pierre Targete
The Forever War	date unknown	Joe Haldeman	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-0-575-09414-7	£7.99^?£: UK pound	xi+ 240	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
Peace and War	date unknown	Joe Haldeman	Gollancz / Orion	0-575-07919-3	£7.99^?£: UK pound	697	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Dominic Harman
Peace and War	date unknown	Joe Haldeman	Gollancz / Orion	978-0-575-07919-9	£8.99^?£: UK pound	697	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Dominic Harman

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Reviews

Review by James K. Burk (1975) in Delap's F & SF Review, June 1975
Review by uncredited (1975) in Vertex, July 1975
Review by Leonard Isaacs (1975) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1975
Review by Chris Evans (1976) in Vector 75
Review by Ian Watson (1976) in Vector 75
Review by Richard E. Geis (1976) in Science Fiction Review, August 1976
Review by Spider Robinson (1976) in Galaxy, November 1976
Review by Terence M. Green [as by Terry Green] (1976) in SF Commentary, #48/49/50
Review [French] by George W. Barlow (1977) in Fiction, #278
Review [German] by
Joachim Körber^?Joachim Koerber
(1982) in Heyne Science Fiction Magazin, #2
Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
Review [French] by Dominique Warfa (1985) in Fiction, #362
Review by James Van Hise (1994) in Expanse, Winter 1994
Review by Clinton Lawrence (1997) in Science Fiction Weekly, 20 Oct 1997
Review by L. J. Hurst (1999) in Vector 205
Review by Paul J. McAuley (2000) in Interzone, #156 June 2000
Review [Spanish] by Antonio Rivas (2001) in Las 100 mejores novelas de ciencia ficción del siglo XX
Review by Darrell Bain (2005) in My 100 Most Readable (and Re-Readable) Science Fiction Novels
Review by Stephen E. Andrews and Nick Rennison (2006) in 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels , reprinted in:
100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (2007)
100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (unknown)
Review [German] by Hermann Urbanek (2008) in Future Magic, April 2008
Review by Kurt MacPhearson (2009) in Tales of the Talisman, Volume 5, Issue 3
Review by Farah Mendlesohn (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1
Review by Charles Dee Mitchell (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1
Review [French] by Jean-Pierre Lion (2015) in Bifrost, #79