Title: The Coming
Title Record # 20973
Author: Joe Haldeman
Date: 2000-12-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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Author: Joe Haldeman
Date: 2000-12-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Synopsis: An astronomy professor in Florida in a mid-21st century suffering from climate change and international hostilities detects an apparent interstellar vehicle headed directly for earth at near light speed but decelerating dramatically; it transmits the message "We're coming". The effect this discovery has on her, those close to her, and the surrounding circles of contacts is followed, as the impending event plays out on the larger stage of national and international affairs until it comes to an unpredictable ending.
The dedication page says in part "The author gratefully acknowledges the influence of James Gunn's beautiful novel The Listeners, on this book."
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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4 | 2001 Locus | Best SF Novel |
Publications
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Coming | 2000-12-00 | Joe Haldeman | Ace Books | 0-441-00769-4 | $21.95?$: US dollar |
217 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Danilo Ducak | |
The Coming | 2000-12-00 | Joe Haldeman | Ace Books / SFBC | 33536 | $10.98?$: US dollar |
216 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Danilo Ducak | |
The Coming | 2000-12-00 | Joe Haldeman | The Easton Press (Signed First Editions of Science Fiction #154) | 106-154 | 217 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
The Coming | 2001-11-00 | Joe Haldeman | Ace Books | 0-441-00876-3 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
278 | 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 | Danilo Ducak | |
Le message | 2002-05-00 | Joe Haldeman | Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5758) | 2-266-11671-1 | 315 | 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 | W. Siudmak | ||
The Coming | 2012-12-21 | Joe Haldeman | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-11159-2 | £2.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
The Coming | 2016-09-27 | Joe Haldeman | Open Road Integrated Media | 978-1-5040-3958-1 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
The Coming | date unknown | Joe Haldeman | Ace Books | 0-441-00876-3 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
278 | 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 | Danilo Ducak | |
The Coming | date unknown | Joe Haldeman | Ace Books | 0-441-00876-3 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
278 | 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 | Danilo Ducak |
Reviews
- Review by Jonathan Strahan (2000) in Locus, #478 November 2000
- Review by Russell Letson (2000) in Locus, #479 December 2000
- Review by Gary K. Wolfe (2001) in Locus, #480 January 2001
- Review by David Mead (2001) in The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 2001
- Review by Matthew Wolf-Meyer (2001) in SFRA Review #252
- Review by Liz Williams (2001) in Interzone, #167 May 2001
- Review [French] by Pascal J. Thomas (2002) in Galaxies, #26
- Review by Michael M. Jones [as by Mike Jones] (2002) in Absolute Magnitude & Aboriginal Science Fiction, Spring 2002