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[quote name="Fussbett"][quote name="laudablepuss"]Anyone read The Forever War? Anyone other than me think it was pretty good? Speaking of power armor and stuff, I mean.[/quote] <a href="http://www.caltrops.com/pointy.php?action=viewPost&pid=51549" target="junk">http://www.caltrops.com/pointy.php?action=viewPost&pid=51549</a> [quote name="I"]I also read The Forever War are liked most of it except for one HORRIBLE detail at the ending. Or should I say "lack of detail". HIGHLIGHT FOR SPOILER: <font color="black">Clone to clone communication facilitates the talks with the Taurans which thus ends the war. Our protagonist asks for elaboration. "...he said I couldn't understand it. There were no words for it, and my brain wouldn't be able to accomodate the concepts even if there were words." What a fucking cop out. A thousand year, 215 page war, and it ends with the author dancing out of a sufficient ending to the conflict by telling us we wouldn't understand the ending. RIP OFF.</font> In a way I wish Clive Barker wrote this novel so that it would be 800 pages and truly feel Forever. A pro and con of the novel is that for a Forever War, it sure zips along. I'm always shocked at how often I discover Aliens being inspired by some old sci-fi novel, and I'm also shocked with how often sci-fi writers think the CLOSE future will be unrecognizable. Written in 1974, the book has humans almost putting an end to war, and exploring new galaxies by 1991. Here's my prediction of 20 years from now: still war, no flying cars, better graphics, more spam. Speaking of war, some good Iraq analogies by the end, even though the book is really anti-Vietnam.[/quote][/quote]