Hugo Award Best Novel Winner
Forever Peace
by Joe Haldeman
Summary
In a near future of automated warfare, soldiers remotely operate combat machines through neural links while a physicist discovers a secret that could end war or destroy humanity. Haldeman examines the psychology of distant killing, the morality of technology, and the human cost of perpetual conflict. The novel returns thematically to the antiwar concerns of his earlier classic while standing as its own independent story.
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Historical Context & Significance
Despite the title, Forever Peace is not a direct sequel to The Forever War, yet it won the 1998 Hugo, Nebula, and John W. Campbell Award together.