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Joe Haldeman (born June 9 , 1943 ) is an American Science Fiction Author .

Joe William Haldeman was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma . His family traveled and he lived in Puerto Rico , New Orleans , Washington, D.C. , Bethesda, Maryland and Anchorage, Alaska as a child. Haldeman married Mary Gay Potter in 1965. He received a Bachelor Of Science degree in Astronomy from the University Of Maryland in 1967. That same year he was Drafted into the Army and served as a combat engineer in Vietnam . He was wounded in combat and his wartime experience was the inspiration for ''War Year'', his first novel. In 1975, he received a Master Of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University Of Iowa Writer's Workshop . He currently resides in Gainesville, Florida and Cambridge, Massachusetts and teaches at MIT .

Haldeman's most famous novel is '' The Forever War '', inspired by his Vietnam experiences, which won both the Hugo and Nebula Award s. He later turned it into A Series .

Haldeman is the brother of the late Jack C. Haldeman II , also a science fiction author.


MAJOR AWARDS

''The Forever War'' (1975) Nebula Award, Novel

''The Forever War'' (1976) Hugo Award, Best Novel

''Tricentennial'' (1977) Hugo Award, Best Short Story

''Saul's Death'' (1984) Rhysling Award, Long Poem

''The Hemingway Hoax'' (1990) Nebula Award, Novella

''The Hemingway Hoax'' (1991) Hugo Award, Best Novella

''Eighteen Years Old, October Eleventh'' (1991) Rhysling Award, Short Poem

''Graves'' (1993) Nebula Award, Short Story

''Graves'' (1993) World Fantasy Award, Best Short Fiction

''None So Blind'' (1995) Hugo Award, Best Short Story

''Forever Peace'' (1998) John W. Campbell Award, John W. Campbell Memorial Award

''Forever Peace'' (1998) Hugo Award, Best Novel

''Forever Peace'' (1998) Nebula Award, Novel

''January Fires'' (2001) Rhysling Award, Long Poem


PARTIAL CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF BOOKS:

  • ''War Year'' (1972)

  • ''Attar's Revenge'' (1975) - written under the pseudonym Robert Graham

  • ''War of Nerves'' (1975) - written under the pseudonym Robert Graham

  • '' The Forever War '' (1975)

  • ''Mindbridge'' (1976)

  • ''Study War No More'' (1977) - a collection of short stories by various science fiction authors, edited by Joe Haldeman and featuring two stories by him.

  • ''Planet of Judgement'' (1977) - a '' Star Trek '' novel

  • ''All My Sins Remembered'' (1977)

  • ''Infinite Dreams'' (1978) - short story collection

  • ''World Without End'' (1979) - a '' Star Trek '' novel

  • ''Worlds'' (1981) - first volume in Worlds trilogy

  • ''There is No Darkness'' (1983) - cowritten with Jack C. Haldeman II

  • ''Worlds Apart'' (1983) - second volume in Worlds trilogy

  • ''Dealing in Futures'' (1985) - short story collection

  • '' Tool Of The Trade '' (1987)

  • ''Buying Time'' (1989) - published in the UK as ''The Long Habit of Living''

  • '' The Hemingway Hoax '' (1990)

  • ''Worlds Enough and Time'' (1992) - third volume in Worlds trilogy

  • ''1968'' (1995)

  • ''None So Blind'' (1996) - short story collection

  • '' Forever Peace '' (1997)

  • ''Saul's Death and Other Poems'' (1997) - poetry collection

  • '' Forever Free '' (1999)

  • ''The Coming'' (2000)

  • ''Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century'' (2001) - as editor

  • ''Guardian'' (2002)

  • '' Camouflage '' (2004)

  • ''Old Twentieth'' (2005)



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