4406 e98530a8-a6c2-4cf7-a15c-8c4f65a5304e Forever Peace Joe Haldeman calibre (2.43.0) [http://calibre-ebook.com] 1997-10-02T00:00:00+00:00 <div><p>2043 A.D.: The Ngumi War rages. A burned-out soldier and his scientist lover discover a secret that could put the universe back to square one. And it is not terrifying. It is tempting...</p><h3>Amazon.com Review</h3><p>Julian Class is a full-time professor and part-time combat veteran who spends a third of each month virtually wired to a robotic "soldierboy." The soldierboys, along with flyboys and other advanced constructs, allow the U.S. to wage a remotely controlled war against constant uprisings in the Third World. The conflicts are largely driven by the so-called First World countries' access to nanoforges--devices that can almost instantly manufacture any product imaginable, given the proper raw materials--and the Third World countries' lack of access to these devices. But even as Julian learns that the consensual reality shared by soldierboy operators can lead to universal peace, the nanoforges create a way for humanity to utterly destroy itself, and it will be a race against time to see which will happen first. Although <em>Forever Peace</em> bears a title similar to Joe Haldeman's classic novel <em>The Forever War</em>, he says it's not a sequel. </p><h3>From Library Journal</h3><p>Veteran sf writer Haldeman views this novel not as a continuation of but as a follow-up to the problems raised in his highly acclaimed 1975 novel, Forever War. In the Universal Welfare State in 2043, draftees and volunteers link their brains to "soldierboy" war machines that do the actual fighting hundreds of miles away. Black physics professor and linked draftee Julian Class; his white mentor and lover, Dr. Amelia Harding; and her colleague Peter discover that the high-profile Jupiter Project is about to re-create the Big Bang that will destroy the solar system. The original 20 survivors of an experiment to link brains via implanted jacks discover they can turn people into pacifists by linking them for two weeks. Together with Julian and Amelia, the group stays one jump ahead of assassins as they try to stop the project and pacify key figures. At once a hard science, military, and political thriller, this book presents a thoughtful and hopeful solution to ending war in the 21st century. Essential for sf collections.<br>Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p></div> Ace Books http://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?14247 eng Hugo Award Winner Novel hugo award for best novel finalist john w campbell award winner 3-award-winner Fiction Nebula Award Winner Science Fiction nebula award for best novel finalist General nebula award for best novel winner Nanotechnology hugo award for best novel winner _isfdb 1 of 1998 Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 3 of 1998 Locus Award for Best SF Novel