Imagine yourself conscripted to fight an Interstellar war that
willlast...years? or centuries? It all depends on your frame of
reference. This is the story of Private Mandella, who, with his warrior
brothers and sisters, is sent through "collapsars" to different planets
to fight the Taurans -- an interstellar race at war with mankind. As
his time passes in months, centuries pass on Earth -- the lovers,
friends and family he knew are dead, as he continues to fight for
humanity. This is the hardest of hard science fiction. In this
book,Haldeman explores the problem of fighting an interstellar at
faster-than-light speed while centuries go by on Earth. This is the
author's Deffinitive edition of this Hugo and Nebulaaward-winning
masterpiece.
