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I disagree with what is written about The Forever War here. My memory is that Mandalla returns home several times (at least back to a 'civilian' world if not actually to Earth). He re-enlists after the first visit. Each time he finds a different society. My memory is that there are at least two missions when he is with his lady (whose name I also forget). I'm also doubtful about the unit he commands being entirely cloned, because as soon as minkind becomes cloned they begin to communicate with the Taurans. DJ Clayworth 20:48, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
My version has some sort of mechanical device with a space warp in the center...don't know what year it's from, as I don't have it with me. Kuralyov 03:28, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
I deleted this section, because I felt that it dit not belong in the plot summary. It could fit, with revisions, elsewhere.
Any ideas appreciated. Zepheus 20:03, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
I marked the "Editions" section as confusing because I find it hard to keep the editions straight. - Zepheus (ツィフィアス) 21:35, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
I removed this sentence from the Editions section, because it is unsourced. If someone can find a source, by all means, put it back in. As such, some readers prefer the 1975 edition, calling it the stronger of the first two versions. - Zepheus <ツィフィアス> 07:09, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
It seems to me that the author of that section isn't entirely impartial - the way the section is written it seems to villify the Navy. It doesn't seem to comform to the POV standards of Wikipedia. Not to mention there isn't any citation for the supposed court-martial recomendation for seditious literature. I'm going to go ahead and remove the quotations, until there is citation it cannot be argued that the section is actually quoting anyone, as it is, the quotation marks seem to be used sarcastically which doesn't seem very neutral. Incidentally, I've also added a non-specific tag and an attribuation tag. Claiming that a book was secretly popular over a large time frame among Navy enlistees is impossible to verify and could easily be an opinion. Also, if there is at least one known case of a recomended court-martial, we really should be told WHO it was. Pstanton 02:17, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
The Science Fiction Book Club edition is based on the 1997 Avon edition, right? RahadyanS 17:46, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
I have reverted/changed some "inaccuracies" that I don't remember from the book. The problem is that I may be mixing things up with the graphic novel, which in some parts diverges a little. Mainly I am referring to:
MadMaxDog 09:30, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Why has the infobox started to not wrap the text? MadMaxDog 09:33, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
As anybody can see from the last edit summaries (starting 17 May 2007), User:In1984 has repeatedly removed the spoilers template. When I reinstated it gving my reasons, he simply deletes it again, always without any edit summary, comment, whatsoever. He has also not responded to the following comment on his user talk:
The passage about the first land battle with the Taurans is inaccurate. It is never told whether the Taurans from the the future or the past, due to the time dilation. Also, the passage makes it sound like the humans were slaughtered when it was the other way around. At that point, the Taurans had no concept of land battles or even hand-held weapons. So, the battle was like shooting fish in a barrel. Lane5slacker 19:01, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
I think the criticism section needs a bit of work. For one thing, even if Haldeman had cordial relations with Heinlein, etc., his story may still be a response to Heinlein's Starship Troopers, which Heinlein described as a heresy (ref. Grumbles from the Grave). A list of criticism discussing this should be included, rather than some anecdotes that really have nothing to do with literary criticism. Hmoulding (talk) 20:59, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
Well, Haldeman has said several times that the book was not a response to Troopers. And I have read Grumbles several times and I never saw anything very negative about _Forever War_ The only times Heinlein called anything said about his work heresy were clearly intended as humerous. 65.79.173.135 (talk) 19:23, 12 July 2013 (UTC)Will in New Haven65.79.173.135 (talk) 19:23, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
Took care of the following bot criticisms (struck afterwards). Ingolfson 09:00, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
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Regarding following quote: "This first expedition, beginning in 2007, lasted only two years from the soldier's perspective, but due to time dilation, upon return to Earth a decade has passed."
Confusing because by the time they actually get to Earth over 20 years have passed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Demiansmark (talk • contribs) 02:11, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
In the second paragraph it says the following: "later on a fictional planet called "Charon" which is presumably beyond Pluto's orbit." Even though the book was written before the discover of Pluto's moon Charon, this is what Wikipedia says about Charon: Charon is the largest satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto. It was discovered in 1978 at the United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station (NOFS). Following the 2005 discovery of two other natural satellites of Pluto (Nix and Hydra), and two more in 2011 and 2012 (Kerberos and Styx), Charon may also be referred to as (134340) Pluto I.[1] The New Horizons mission is scheduled to visit Charon and Pluto in July 2015. Even though there is no mention of 'The Forever War' in how Charon got its name (see Name under Charon (moon) Wikipedia entry) it would be nice to think that James Christy proposed the name after reading the book. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:E:9180:316:501C:91BA:71B9:389D (talk) 00:41, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
More information on the film is needed.
According to ISFDB, Forever War ranked 8th for the 1975 award --not mentioned in this article-- and won the 1976 award.
How did the Locus Award for Best Novel define eligibility? Does the answer to the puzzle turn on such points as hard- and softcover editions from two publishers? Does the ambiguity plague many annual Locus rankings (and perhaps Awards, ie 1st place)?
--P64 (talk) 01:08, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
P.S. Locus Index to SF Awards confirms this double showing for The Forever War, alone among Haldeman's works. I don't recall seeing other double showings there. --P64 (talk) 01:21, 4 April 2013 (UTC)