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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975. First UK edition. Hardcover in an unclipped jacket (£3.50). Near fine. Almost imperceptible fading to top edges of cloth boards. Bottom right corner bumped./Near fine. The jacket had mild toning to the back cover and is protected in a mylar cover.. Octave. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles on the spine. Signed by the author on the title page. 236 pp. A military science fiction classic that won the Nebula Award in 1975, and both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1976. Described by William Gibson thusly: “To say that The Forever War is the best science fiction war novel ever written is to damn it with faint praise. It is, for all its techno-extrapolative brilliance, as fine and woundingly genuine a war story as any I've read.”  A beautiful copy to ornament your science fiction fantasy collection. This book is from the library of Colorado collector Mark Harms and previously from well known Oklahoma book collector, Larry Owens. .

The Forever War is a military science fiction novel by American author Joe Haldeman, telling the contemplative story of soldiers fighting an interstellar war between humanity and the enigmatic Tauran species. The narrative follows Private William Mandella, who is drafted into the elite corps of soldiers sent to distant corners of the universe. As he continues his service, the time dilation associated with space travel causes him to age months while the Earth progresses centuries, representing the sense of dislocation and the inhuman scale of war.

First editions of 'The Forever War' can be identified by looking for the 'St. Martin's Press' publisher imprint from the year 1974 without subsequent printings mentioned.