The Coming

Name: The Coming
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Joe Haldeman
ISBN: 9781464036156

Author: Joe Haldeman

Narrator: Kevin Orton

Unabridged: 7 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/27/2012

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, Joe Haldeman has penned several best-selling novels, including The Forever War (C1146). After receiving a message from deep space, astronomer Aurora "Rory" Bell anticipates extraterrestrial visitors on New Year's Eve. But with Earth teetering on the edge of another world war, Rory soon begins to wonder if the message was a hoax. And when the message is leaked to the public, a media frenzy ensues. "A large-scale story [that] provides food for thought as well as fast-paced action."-Library Journal

About Joe Haldeman

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on October 28, 2016

In the year 2054, Astronomer Aurora Bell detects and easily decodes a signal that is transmitted from a super-fast space craft. The space craft is flying at over 99% of the speed of light, but quickly decelerating as it is on a straight-line course for Earth. The signal is simple and short, "We are......more

Goodreads review by Craig on March 29, 2021

In The Coming Haldeman asks one of the oldest traditional questions of science fiction: We get a message from the stars that aliens are on the way... how does Earth react? His answer isn't too imaginative, lots of sex and drugs, and the ending kind of fizzles. There aren't many likable characters, a......more

Goodreads review by Pombar on April 28, 2024

Y si una nave de otra galaxia se aproxima a la tierra? Como reaccionaría la humanidad con un contacto de tipo extraterrestre? Ests hipótesis recorre el libro, desde la cosmogonía de un pueblo de Estados Unidos en 2054. Religión, política, sociedad y guerra se mezclan en esta novela que hace pensar sob......more

Goodreads review by Olethros on July 26, 2014

-Otra forma de hacer género y especular, pero más orientada a lo sociopolítico.- Género. Ciencia-Ficción. Lo que nos cuenta. El anuncio de la detección de un mensaje procedente del espacio exterior que se interpreta como “vamos de camino” y los cálculos de llegada del objeto que parece emitirlo para e......more