A Separate War and Other Stories

by Haldeman, Joe (Author)

• ISBN13: 9780441014071
• ISBN10: 0441014070
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-01
• Publisher: Ace Hardcover

Summary

Here are fifteen stories-never before collected- spanning 36 years of Joe Haldeman's award-winning writing...tales that tread upon familiar Haldeman territory, as well as explore the outer reaches of his phenomenal imagination. From the first short story Haldeman ever sold, "Out of Phase," to "A Separate War," which revisits a character from his classic novel The Forever War, to his personal favorite, "For White Hill," based on a Shakespeare sonnet, this collection will take readers on a journey through a writer's growth from struggling artist to one of the premier voices of his generation. And notes on the stories at the end of the volume gives first-hand insight into the wit and wisdom that went into each of Haldeman's works.

Author Biography

Joe Haldeman is a Vietnam veteran who has served twice as president of the Science Fiction Writers of America. He is currently an adjunct professor teaching writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Table of Contents

Meet Joe Haldeman	ix
Introduction: The Secret of Writing	xv
A Separate War	1	(35)
Diminished Chord	36	(8)
Giza	44	(5)
Foreclosure	49	(12)
Four Short Novels	61	(8)
For White Hill	69	(42)
Finding Mg Shadow	111	(16)
Civil Disobedience	127	(8)
Memento Mori	135	(4)
Faces	139	(13)
Heartwired	152	(3)
Brochure	155	(2)
Out of Phase	157	(16)
Power Complex	173	(42)
Fantasy for Six Electrodes and One Adrenaline Drip	215	(46)
Notes on the Stories	261	(9)
Copyrights	270