More On “The Forever War”
Last week I mentioned that I was reading The Forever War and that I wanted to hear from Richard K. Morgan about it. Richard just got back to me via Pete:
When I finished The Forever War I actually thought to myself that this is the best book I’ve ever read. Whether it is or not is irrelevant. The book is amazing.
From Richard:
Yeah, The Forever War is great. Haldeman was really there, he served as a combat engineer in Vietnam, was injured in the fighting and invalided home. The book’s a brilliant metaphor for veteran dislocation. I met Joe in Gijon a couple of years ago, along with his wife Gay – really lovely couple.
There you have it.
COURTNEY TAYLOR-TAYLOR