The Forever War 2: Lieutenant Mandella (2020-2203) (No. 2) [Hardcover]

Joe Haldeman (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

YA-- The second installment in Haldeman's futuristic, antiwar tale. A 1000-year conflict between humans and Taurans--the result of misunderstanding, bigotry, and politics--is seen through the eyes of William Mandella. After their company is decimated in battle, he and his friend/lover return to Earth to find that 26 years have passed. Suffering from future shock and alienation, both reenlist to be instructors on the moon, only to be reassigned to combat and shipped off to different units. The simple, spare artwork captures the essence of Haldeman's cynical, episodic novel, depicting the horrors of war and the perseverance of the human spirit. A book for those libraries needing quality graphic novels.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 54 pages
• Publisher: Nbm Pub Co (November 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156163025X
• ISBN-13: 978-1561630257
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,688,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

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

Customer Reviews

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25 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This is a comic book, January 4, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Forever War 2: Lieutenant Mandella (2020-2203) (No. 2) (Hardcover)

Warning: This edition is a comic, NOT the superb novel of the same name.
Don't order it by mistake as I did.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars too bad it's a comic?, November 28, 2006

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James M. Tomlinson (philladelphia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Forever War 2: Lieutenant Mandella (2020-2203) (No. 2) (Hardcover)

As far as comics go, this is one of the better ones. Instead of warning people that this is a comic, it would seem fit to encourage the purchase of this book based on that merit. Here in the states comics are not taken seriously(for good reason). In Europe however, they are thought of no less than the literary masters. This book is only one of 13 books that "Marvano" and Joe Haldeman have worked on together. It retains all of the cinematic elements of the original "Forever War" books with the added artistic mastery of Marevano and Bruno Marchand colors. Like any other NBM release, this book is not to be missed.