The Forever War

I listened to "The Forever War" by Joe Haldeman on my kick of
Hugo+Nebula joint award winners. I'm always really happy when books
written 10 years before I was born have ideas in them that are new to
me. I had never considered Homosexuality as a dominant form of birth
control in society. It also makes me see Ender's Game in a new light,
since they have basically the same plot premise (ahhhh humanity is
attacked by the only other sentient race we've ever encountered!) but
they take very different paths through it. One of the biggest
differences is Haldeman stays within relativistic constraints, while
Card has the ansible for faster-than-light communication. I don't
think that's a weakness of Ender's Game though; it lets Card focus a
lot more on the human dynamics that are so interesting.

--k2