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005 20190401113208.0
008 990517s1999 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 99033231
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm41404799
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035 $a(OCoLC)41404799
050 00 $aPS3558.A353$bF59 1999
082 00 $a813/.54$221
049 $aZCUA
100 1 $aHaldeman, Joe W.,$eauthor.
245 10 $aForever free /$cJoe Haldeman.
250 $aFirst editon.
264 1 $aNew York :$bACE Books,$c©1999.
300 $a277 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aAce science fiction
520 $aSpace travellers return to their planet after a long absence and find everyone gone. The intriguing aspect is the amount of clothing lying everywhere, as if people undressed before vanishing. The travellers head for Earth and find the same happened there.
520 1 $a"A veteran of The Forever War, William Mandella has since settled on a planet set aside for his kind. Married with two children, he makes his living on the snow-covered world ice fishing and teaching physics. But Mandella, his family, and his way of life have become obsolete. The denizens of Earth have evolved into a group consciousness known simply as Man, and they have taken control of Mandella's new home.
520 8 $aHumans are considered dangerous because of their independent natures, though they are kept safe for the sake of their diverse gene pool.".
520 8 $a"That's now how Mandella and his fellow soldiers want to exist. In a desperate gamble, he rallies the humans to hijack the spaceship Time Warp and take to the stars to begin humanity anew. Then something goes wrong. The crew is forced to abandon ship and return home in suspended animation twenty-five years later. But the planet has aged centuries during their interstellar voyage - and the crew wonders what new world awaits them upon arrival..."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aTime travel$vFiction.
800 1 $aHaldeman, Joe W.$tForever war ;$v[bk. 3]
830 0 $aAce science fiction.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1209/99033231-b.html
852 00 $bglx$hPS3558.A353$iF59 1999