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Guardian Mass Market Paperback – July 27, 2004

by Joe Haldeman (Author)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 272 ratings
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The fate and future of all humankind become intertwined with the destiny of Rosa Tolliver, a woman living in the period following the Civil War and struggling to build a new life for herself in the Alaskan gold fields. Reprint.
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  1. Print length
    304 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Ace
  4. Publication date
    July 27, 2004
  5. Dimensions
    4.25 x 1 x 6.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0441011063
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0441011063
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Joe Haldeman is a Vietnam veteran whose classic novels The Forever War and Forever Peace both have the rare honor of winning the Hugo and Nebula Awards. He has served twice as president of the Science Fiction Writers of America and is currently an adjunct professor teaching writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ace (July 27, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0441011063
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0441011063
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.25 x 1 x 6.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 272 ratings

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Joe Haldeman

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Joe Haldeman began his writing career while he was still in the army. Drafted in 1967, he fought in the Central Highlands of Vietnam as a combat engineer with the Fourth Division. He was awarded several medals, including a Purple Heart. Haldeman sold his first story in 1969 and has since written over two dozen novels and five collections of short stories and poetry. He has won the Nebula and Hugo Awards for his novels, novellas, poems, and short stories, as well as the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Locus Award, the Rhysling Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the James Tiptree, Jr. Award. His works include The Forever War, Forever Peace, Camouflage, 1968, the Worlds saga, and the Marsbound series. Haldeman recently retired after many years as an associate professor in the Department of Writing and Humanistic Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He and his wife, Gay, live in Florida, where he also paints, plays the guitar, rides his bicycle, and studies the skies with his telescope.

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5.0 out of 5 stars It's a Joe Haldeman book. That says it all.
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2023
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Haldeman cannot write a dull word. I'd definitely recommend this to anyone who reads S-F.
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Mario Toulon
4.0 out of 5 stars intriguing
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2023
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Go on a mind journey to explore different paths in life. Expand your concept of life and who you might be.
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Dan Alwood
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good fictional autobiography taking place in late 1800s America and the Yukon
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2017
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I learned about the places and times of late 1800s America and the Yukon while reading this very entertaining novel. Mr. Haldeman did his research! He also thrills his sci-fi fans with encounters of a strange traveler that sets the course of history slightly different than ours - or at least different than the universe *I’ve* been living in. :)
9 people found this helpful
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Arthur Estes☺This is a well written Western. It has a hero and a love interest. Anyone who likes W
4.0 out of 5 stars Good read.
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2019
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This book is worth a few hotdog your time. I found it very interesting and could hardly wait to see how it would end.
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Roy Wilsker
3.0 out of 5 stars Poetic, but terribly uneven
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2023
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A very uneven novel. Mostly a biography of a woman of the late 19th and early 20th century, with a little time traveler and alien visitation part thrown in, almost at the last moment.
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robert daniels
5.0 out of 5 stars One of his best books ever.
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2016
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A superbly written novel that kept me riveted to the very last page. Who would have thought that the life of a nineteenth century woman would turn out to be one of the finest science fiction stories I have ever read. Bravo Joe, bravo.
8 people found this helpful
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Old Texan
4.0 out of 5 stars A change for Haldeman
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2016
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A very different story for Haldeman. I have read several of his books and this is a big departure. Unusual take on time travel and religion mixed.
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R. R. Blair
5.0 out of 5 stars ... a Joe Haldeman novel that I didn't think was great.
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2017
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I have yet to read a Joe Haldeman novel that I didn't think was great.
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Susan
4.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad book
Reviewed in Canada on July 11, 2023
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It was far fetched but interesting.
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Turgay Yoo
1.0 out of 5 stars boy was that boring
Reviewed in Germany on March 1, 2013
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This is book is indeed excruciatingly boring. For the most part it is a travel description. Alas, reading about it was probably just as boring as the trip itself would have been with all the slow trains and steamboats and whatnots.. After reading 65 % I began to wonder at what point the SF-part would kick in. Eventually and quite arbitrary some super being made an appearance and disappeared some 20 pages later. Setting everything up so that WW III wouldn’t happen. Unlovemaking believable. What a twist.
Sorry but this book cannot be spoiled any more than it already is.
As storytelling goes you don’t do omnipotent beings. It usually devalues the plot beyond redemption. But find out yourself if you dare.
So the travelling part through historic North America was boring and actually quite without a storyline whatsoever , the forced upon SF-part was - in a word - dumb and the end was meaningless, albeit abrupt. It is worth noting that the narrative tempo picked up substantially towards the end. Somebody seemed to want to get it over with.
Well, me too.
If this had been Joe's first book, it would never have been published.
So this is just the book to give somebody you really don't like a lot. It is quite a punishment.
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Tony Hip
4.0 out of 5 stars Don't trust Ravens
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 14, 2008
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I am a fan of J.H. mostly, but provided you don't expect too much from this novel you won't be disappointed.It starts off with a very realistic and detailed (you feel there) backdrop.It leads to :- here you have to form your own opinion.All I will say it is not what you expect.Not profound but as a light read on a sunday afternoon on a sunlounger with a beer in your hand, enjoyable.
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Rob Stevenson
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, mind expanding read
Reviewed in Canada on July 5, 2023
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I see others aren’t sure this is up to Haldeman’s other writings. But I found it to be a very good read and well worth the few hours it took. You might wonder, as I did, if there was any time left to tell the sci-fi part of the story by the time we get to it, but there was all the time needed. It is a tale of a strong woman living an amazing life. That’s plenty for me.
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P. W. Moore
3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not classic
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 5, 2005
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Always a pessimistic writer, Haldeman creates a rustic late nineteenth century yarn and then lobs in a homage to Olaf Stapledon's Starmaker and makes everything better, or at least different.... Not a patch on the Forever War or All My Sins Remembered, it proceeds better than Worlds Enough and Time or Forever Peace, and does not leave you disappointed. If you are new to Haldeman, stick with the classics first.
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