Earthbound (Marsbound Series #3)

by Joe Haldeman

Overview

"One of science fiction's most reliable practitioners" (San Francisco Chronicle) continues his saga of space exploration.

The mysterious alien Others have prohibited humans from space travel-destroying Earth's fleet of starships in a display of unimaginable power. Now Carmen Dula, the first human to encounter Martians and then the mysterious Others, and her colleagues struggle to find a way, using nineteenthcentury technology, to reclaim the future that has been stolen from them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101552193
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/06/2011
Series:	Marsbound Series , #3
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	337,076
File size:	294 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Joe Haldeman is a Vietnam veteran whose classic novels The Forever War and Forever Peace both have the rare honor of winning the Hugo and Nebula awards. He has served twice as president of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America and is currently an adjunct professor teaching writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lives in Massachusetts.

Editorial Reviews

If there was a Fort Knox for the science fiction writers who really matter, we’d have to lock Haldeman up there.”—Stephen King

“Haldeman trips through history wearing alien goggles, but his message is all about human nature.”—Entertainment Weekly

Praise for Earthbound:

“This is one of the best Haldeman novels, all told in crisp prose and ending not without hope.”—City Book Review

“An enjoyable story filled with action and surprise.”—Night Owl Reviews

“Heaven as my witness, I wish it were a longer book, so that I could have stayed in its world just a bit more…Wow.”—Blogcritics.org

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