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The Forever War is the first novel in Joe Haldeman’s military science fiction novels. Summary of the Book Private William Mandella is one of the many soldiers reluctantly fighting in the interstellar war against an alien juggernaut who doesn’t seem to be backing down. However, as he returns to his home planet, he must come to terms with a greater problem: relativity. In the months of his tour, centuries have passed on Earth. With each century, the fighters are losing their grasp over their very reasons for fighting the losing battle in the first place. About Joe Haldeman Joe Haldeman is an American science fiction writer known for The Hemingway Hoax, the Attar the Merman series and the Marsbound trilogy. Haldeman won the Hugo and the Nebula Awards several times, and he has also won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.