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["Josef Komenda" <joe AT komejo.com>]

That's it! Huzzah!

Joe K
----- Original Message -----
From: <burnett AT pobox.com>
To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 3:13 PM
Subject: [internetworkers] Re: Odd SF Question


> On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Josef Komenda wrote:
>
> > Pardon the odd post - if you don't read Science Fiction, you can
> > ignore/delete.
> >
> > So, I was talking science fiction with a friend, and I recalled a good
book
> > I read years ago. However, I've forgotten the title and author. I poked
> > around Google and Amazon, with no luck. I remember the major plot
points,
> > and some interesting details though - I wonder if anyone on the list has
> > read it and might have better recall?
> >
> > Setting: Earth has discovered that aliens exist. Attempts to communicate
are
> > futile, we muster an Army 'just in case'. Our narrator is one of the
troops,
> > everything is told from his perspective. Basic training is co-ed, men
and
> > women 'buddy up' every night. The guys have all been snipped after
freezing
> > some sperm. First encounter goes very badly,
> >
> > The real story is that the transportation uses near-light speed
technology,
> > so every time this guy and his squad go out to encounter the aliens,
several
> > hundred years pass on Earth. And every time they go out, they go out for
> > longer periods of time. At one point, when he comes back to Earth,
humanity
> > is so overpopulated that the world governments have promoted
homosexuality
> > as 'normal' to curb overpopulation - putting our protagonist in the odd
> > situation of being the 'weirdo' who is attracted to the opposite sex.
> > Another time, everyone looks the same racially - all the varieties of
human
> > appearance have averaged out.
> >
> > Any tips on this (or even where to look) would greatly ease my troubled
> > mind.
>
> Sounds like it could be Joe Haldeman's _The Forever War_.
>
> Steve Burnett
> burnett AT pobox.com
>
>
>
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