

None So Blind
Author: Joe Haldeman
Narrator: Tom Weiner
Unabridged: 9 hr 3 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 08/03/2012
Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction
Author: Joe Haldeman
Narrator: Tom Weiner
Unabridged: 9 hr 3 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 08/03/2012
Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction
Joe Haldeman is an American author of award-winning science fiction and nonfiction works and a part-time professor at MIT. He earned a BS in physics and astronomy, as well as an MFA in writing. Drafted into the military, he served in Vietnam as a combat engineer in 1968 and 1969, was severely wounded, and earned a Purple Heart. His experience in war and in returning to civilian life are themes he uses in much of his writing. He is the author of numerous novels and several series, including the Forever War series. His science fiction has earned many awards, including five Hugo Awards, five Nebula Awards, a John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, a Locus Award, three Rhysling Awards, a World Fantasy Award, and a James Tiptree Jr. Award. Haldeman was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America in 2009, received the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement in 2010, and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2012.
En este corto relato, el autor busca la perfección del ser humano y lo encuentra en la ceguera... Ante una limitación, se dirige a una concepción de perfección mayor... 3.8/5......more
¿Por qué no todos los ciegos son genios? Y tú, ¿sacrificarías tu vista para ser más inteligente? Interesante. Esta historia corta ganó nada menos que los premios Hugo y Locus en 1995.......more
Each short story is followed by a few paragraphs telling more about where the story came from & such. Very much influenced by his time in Vietnam, but a lot of other stuff & some surprising skills mixed in. The stories are all 3 stars or better & the afterwords were fantastic. 1 • Introduction: What......more
This is a very good collection of Haldeman's short work, most of which first appeared in the early half of the 1990s. The award-winning novella The Hemingway Hoax is anchor piece of the book, and is a terrific piece of multidimensional literary fraud, but the titular story is poignantly memorable, t......more