false 21618 10 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 <i>Forever Peace</i> bears a title similar to Joe Haldeman's classic novel <i>The Forever War</i>, he says it's not a sequel. 94590 book 1997 Forever Peace total:561|5:62|4:204|3:222|2:57|1:16| 561 1922 787 40 3 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 02 16:42:41 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 16:49:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Aug 18 16:03:29 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 16:35:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 10:06:15 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 10:26:19 -0700 2009
The setting is a future in which intense war rages, including limited nuclear strikes that have eliminated three cities. The story is told alternatingly through the eye...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Dec 31 11:38:56 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 11:44:20 -0800 2008 1
The basic idea of Forever Peace is that implants in people allow them to control military equipment remotely by being jacked in. The controllers can die, so they're not entirely remov...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 18:22:05 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 19:45:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 13:24:42 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 13:27:12 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Aug 29 10:02:13 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 09:36:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false true Mon Mar 31 17:28:04 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 17:41:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Mar 24 11:40:05 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 11:51:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 15:30:51 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 19:00:05 -0700 2009 Forever Peace's central failure is not one of craftsmanship, but one of reach. Haldeman builds a premise...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jan 12 20:15:51 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 20:19:10 -0800 2009
This one, however, not so much. It was, well, weird. Seemed very unfocused; starts out as an exploration into the future of modern warfare. Then into some sort of apocalyptic doomsday conspiracy thriller. Very superficial feeling.

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If I remember correctly, it is about future soldiers who link to their "Mech" like armor with jacks th...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 01 11:14:29 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 11:16:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 01 17:25:34 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 17:25:34 -0800 2009 the forever war. you could call it fast-paced, but that'd be a compliment. rather, it was jumpy, like the auther was going from one plot point on his outline to the next without adequate transitions. this made the plot less believable and the time lapses in which it occurs more absur...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 08:40:02 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 19:33:58 -0700 2008 The Forever War...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 21 17:14:19 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 17:15:56 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Sun Aug 30 18:51:33 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 18:52:30 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 13:29:07 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 22:08:20 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Feb 19 19:50:53 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 18:29:31 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 19:53:23 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 18:39:00 -0700 2009