Many science fiction novels can be considered contrasting meditations on the same theme. Of the works listed below, which work on the same theme can be most easily considered to directly contrast with The Forever War by Joe Haldeman?
a. Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks
b. Man Plus by Frederick Pohl
c. Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
d. The Wanting Seed by Anthony Burgess
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a. Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks
b. Man Plus by Frederick Pohl
c. Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
d. The Wanting Seed by Anthony Burgess
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Frederik Pohl
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November 26, 1919
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Gateway (Heechee Saga 1) by Frederik Pohl avg rating 4.02 — 884 ratings — published 1977 13 editions |
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Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Heechee Saga 2) by Frederik Pohl avg rating 3.71 — 407 ratings — published 1980 13 editions |
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Heechee Rendezvous (Heechee Saga 3) by Frederik Pohl avg rating 3.55 — 372 ratings — published 1984 8 editions |
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The Annals of the Heechee (Heechee Saga 4) by Frederik Pohl avg rating 3.53 — 234 ratings — published 1987 9 editions |
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Man Plus by Frederik Pohl avg rating 3.51 — 163 ratings — published 1976 10 editions |
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Jem by Frederik Pohl avg rating 3.55 — 96 ratings — published 1979 9 editions |
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The Gateway Trip by Frederik Pohl, Frank Kelly Freas avg rating 3.77 — 86 ratings — published 1990 6 editions |
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The Boy Who Would Live Forever: A Novel of Gateway (Heechee 5) by Frederik Pohl avg rating 3.48 — 88 ratings — published 2004 3 editions |
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The Other End of Time by Frederik Pohl avg rating 3.41 — 80 ratings — published 1996 2 editions |
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Black Star Rising by Frederik Pohl avg rating 3.33 — 61 ratings — published 1985 5 editions |
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"And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of the waters; and the name of the star is called wormwood; and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter."
— Frederik Pohl
— Frederik Pohl
"They were two lovely choices. One of them meant giving up every chance of a decent life forever...and the other one scared me out of my mind."
— Frederik Pohl (Gateway)
— Frederik Pohl (Gateway)
"Wealth ... or death. Those were the choices Gateway offered. Humans had discovered this artificial spaceport, full of working interstellar ships left behind by the mysterious, vanished Heechee. Their destinations are preprogrammed. They are easy to operate, but impossible to control. Some came back with discoveries which made their intrepid pilots rich; others returned with their remains
barely identifiable. It was the ultimate game of Russian roulette, but in this resource-starved future there was no shortage of desperate."
— Frederik Pohl
barely identifiable. It was the ultimate game of Russian roulette, but in this resource-starved future there was no shortage of desperate."
— Frederik Pohl
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