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The Short-Timers Paperback – January 1, 1983

by Gustav Hasford (Author)

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Vietnam, 1968. A nightmarish landscape blackened by napalm and littered with once-human debris. Where victories are measured in mountains of corpses and ordinary men are transformed into obsessive executioners. This is the brutally honest story of Cpl. Joker and his battle-hardened company, survivors of months of unimaginable horror--the crazy-tough and phony-brave, religiously counting the days until their release from the green prison of combat. But they all know one unspoken truth--that even though they're on their way out, their last few hours in Nam could become their last hours on earth. The Short-Timers is a semi-autobiographical novel by former U.S. Marine Gustav Hasford about his experiences in the Vietnam War. Along with Michael Herr and Stanley Kubrick, Hasford later adapted the novel for the film Full Metal Jacket.

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Bantam Books
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January 1, 1983
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0553267396
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978-0553267396
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bantam Books (January 1, 1983)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 180 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0553267396
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0553267396
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4 ounces

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Mitch DePew

Excellent condition for out of print paperback book.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 11, 2022

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Condition of book was excellent and accurately described by seller. Very satisfied with this hard to find paperback copy.

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James Krah

Didn't really add much to the FMJ experience

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 24, 2012

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I bought this book in order to see whether it would add anything to how much I liked the movie Full Metal Jacket. Of course, the number one reason I liked the movie is that Lee Ermey was outstanding in his role as the USMC Drill Instructor. It is easy to see why he was nominated for an Oscar for that role that year. If I had not seen the movie, I probably would not have been interested in this book, depite my interest in Vietnam War literature. Because I think of the movie as I read this book, the book falls short of what I wanted, and what I wanted was actually more of Lee Ermey. The book itself is a fine read, but I took on a chance on it because I wanted more Ermey and not to attempt to find more of the Vietnam "experience." Had FMJ not existed, the book is a decent read in and of itself, but not worth the selling price. In sum, the book had no effect on me, and the movie is still the way to go.

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Aleksander Newmann

Bad Ass Book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 10, 2011

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Gustav is THE MAN. He is Hunter S. Thompson if Hunter S. Thompsons brain was a greased pegasus riding rainbows over the wailing wall when the wailing wall was alive and built of blood passion smeared and in the Fertile Green Crescent of Civilization. He creates a language, a very awesome language. This book is like witnessing a building explode. You are knocked on your ass and remember seeing bright lights and an awesome feat of visual delight and you still feel the heat sparklings igniting your skin. Then you sit up, and it all makes sense. A building just painted its chaotic fantastic explosion into your eyes and it all makes sense. The book makes perfect sense and its words are so fantastic awesome bred of life. Wish I could meet Gustav but he's dead too bad.

8 people found this helpful

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Better than the movie...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 24, 2016

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An awesome read and way better than the film.....but the book showed some scars of its own: it had a lot of brown toning on the pages as well as a lot of underlining and notes in black ink that obscured some of the text.....a little disappointed as this wasn't fully disclosed in the description but a great read none the less.

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Gerard H.

This is my rifle, this is my gun

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 16, 2016

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Gustav Hasford's short novel that served as the basis for Stanley Kubrick's 'Full Metal Jacket'. If you liked the film, then the novel is a must read. Hollywood often takes certain liberties when making a film based off a book and in this case things are no different. However, Kubrick did a great job of bringing Hasford's classic to life on the silver screen. So if you want to read about Joker, Cowboy, Animal Mother, Alice, Rafterman and the whole gang, this book is a must have.

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Read It If You Can Find It

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 26, 2016

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The Short-Timers is a great story set during the Vietnam War, in Vietnam. It is a story of young men and the effect of war and death on them as they serve their country. It is a hard story, full of anger, violence, and death. It makes the point of how horrific war is, how it can turn human beings into animals, the lowest forms of themselves. It is well worth reading, though it is most definitely meant for an adult audience.

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J. Zelenak

I loved this book when I first read it

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 9, 2016

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I loved this book when I first read it, shortly after Full Metal Jacket came out. It is an easy and quick read, but the speed at which I read it may have been due to my inability to put it down. The book adds more to the story that most people know from the movie. It's a great book (my opinion) that is hard to find.

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Valentino Rossi

High on must read list.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 18, 2018

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Probably the most violent book I have ever read, better than movie and I loved the movie. Anyone who was in the USMC will enjoy, even if you were a pogue in the Motor pool like me.

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