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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Hmmm. What to say? I first read this book in the 1970s, shortly after reading The Forever War. I thought it was OK, then, but was annoyed by the ending (I'm trying to avoid a spoiler, here). I did wonder how closely the story tracked Haldeman's Vietnam year, which sent him home with significant injuries. That's pretty much my reaction today. However, it's not a bad book. I particularly liked his description of Camp Enari, with which I was slightly familiar. (His Pleiku, though, was more hostile than mine; not sure why.) And the character's evolution from New Guy to veteran pretty much matches my experience, and probably that of most Vietnam vets. no reviews | add a review
A tour of duty through the worst that the world has to offer Before his time as a professor of writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, before penning multiple Nebula and Hugo Award-winning novels and stories, Joe Haldeman was a soldier in Vietnam, an experience that changed him and colored much of what he has written. War Year is Haldeman's first novel and his first attempt to describe what he saw in Vietnam and give insight into what happened for the benefit of those who weren't there. The minimalist War Year follows the life of John Farmer, a combat engineer, over the course of a year in Vietnam. John undergoes training, and then, along with his fellow soldiers, does whatever it takes to survive in unforgiving conditions. Powerful and affecting, War Year reaches its highest peaks as it describes with enduring truth the sights and experiences of what it was like to be in the humid jungles of Vietnam in 1968. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Joe Haldeman including rare images from the author's personal collection. No library descriptions found. |
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While it’s not the best novel about the war, it has to be the most depressing. It’s a fast read, the story of an army engineer who just wants to make it through a year. He is injured when a good friend steps on a Bouncing Betty. I won’t say much more, except that the ending is suitably abrupt. ( )