Worlds: A Novel Of The Near Future [Import] [Paperback]

Joe Haldeman (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Orbit / Futura Publications; paperback / softback edition (1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0708880908
• ISBN-13: 978-0708880906
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,989,527 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 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great start to a great science fiction trilogy, January 28, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Worlds (Gollancz Science Fiction) (Paperback)

I can't say enough good things about this book (and the whole World's triolgy). Like most people I got hooked on Haldeman via the Forever War and I just picked this one at random to be my next book. Well I was up reading this all weekend; I just couldn't put it down! I spent the next three days tracking down the sequel and read it within the week. The third book (Worlds Enough In Time) wasn't quite as great as the first two but still a very enjoyable read (though still very good, I think the thing I didn't like was that it was written many years later and somehow the style doesn't quite fit with the first two).

This is easily one of the best sci-fi sagas I've ever read. It easily stands with classics such as Asimov's Foundation books and David Brin's Uplift Series. I highly recommend it.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorites, February 12, 2003

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Mark Coleman (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Worlds (Gollancz Science Fiction) (Paperback)

I picked this book up because I like to read a little sci-fi now and then and someone told me this author is from my home state, Florida. Well good enough for me so I started out with the "Worlds" series. Now this was years ago so I've forgotten a lot of details, but I liked it enough to track it down on ... and buy a new copy to read again.

The story centers around a woman who is born and raised on a man-made satellite orbiting Earth. In her early twenties she comes to Earth for the first time to go to school. The first part of the book deals with the culture clash, and her meeting a guy she fall for. The last part (again I am reaching back) deals with their separation and a war on Earth (I'm trying not to spoil anything). It was written 20 years ago or so but the story rings very true in this post 9/11 era.

I also really like the next two books, Worlds Apart and Worlds Enough In Time.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a great book, April 27, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Worlds (Gollancz Science Fiction) (Paperback)

This book is what got me started on Haldeman. I was always looking for someone with the talent of Asimov or Heinlein but no one ever seemed to match up. Then someone handed me a copy of "Worlds" and that was it. I read "Worlds Apart" within days of finish "Worlds" and moved on to ready pretty much everything Haldeman wrote.

Frankly I find him a little uneven with about 90% of his books being some of the greatest sci-fi ever written and 10% leaving me wondering if I had picked up the wrong author. Well I can assure you this is a great novel worthy of the author of "The Forever War", "Mindbridge" and "The Hemmingway Hoax".

If you've read Haldeman you know what I mean. If you are new this is a great place to start.