Work Done for Hire, Joe Haldeman
Work Done for Hire, Joe Haldeman
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Work Done for Hire

Author: Joe Haldeman

Narrator: Chris Sorensen

Unabridged: 8 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/07/2014

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

Joe Haldeman' s " adept plotting, strong pacing, and sense of grim stoicism have won him wide acclaim" ( The Washington Post ) and numerous honors for such works as The Forever War , The Accidental Time Machine , and the Marsbound trilogy. Now, the multiple Hugo and Nebula award- winning author pits a lone war veteran against a mysterious enemy who is watching his every move-- and threatens him with more than death unless he kills for them. Wounded in combat and honorably discharged nine years ago, Jack Daley still suffers nightmares from when he served his country as a sniper, racking up sixteen confirmed kills. Now a struggling author, Jack accepts an offer to write a near-future novel about a serial killer, based on a Hollywood script outline. It' s an opportunity to build his writing career, and a future with his girlfriend, Kit Majors. But Jack' s other talent is also in demand. A package arrives on his doorstep containing a sniper rifle, complete with silencer and ammunition-- and the first installment of a $100,000 payment to kill a " bad man." The twisted offer is genuine. The people behind it are dangerous. They prove that they have Jack under surveillance. He can' t run. He can' t hide. And if he doesn' t take the job, Kit will be in the crosshairs instead

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 Kemper on March 26, 2019

The only good thing about having a major snowstorm knock out power to your house for three days is that you can really catch up on your reading. Thankfully once the Kindle ran out of juice I still had a stack of stuff from the library as well as some recent purchases from a used book store to keep f......more

Goodreads review by Jim on February 05, 2015

This is a near-future novel & a disappointment. I read The Forever War when it first came out & Haldeman is - at least in my mind - a futuristic writer, but almost all the technology was today's. Actually, some was rather clunky by today's standards & some important abilities that should have been c......more

Goodreads review by Tito on July 27, 2018

Sort of macho, simplistic prose (with some stereotypical "machoisms"), but it has meta-meta-fiction and I've liked Haldeman's SciFi work. This one seems to be more crime fiction (crime story within a story of an author with another crime on top). Very little SF so far, although a brief discussion of......more

Goodreads review by Kara on June 10, 2015

Jumped on this after seeing it in the new paperbacks section of the library. Having recently read, and greatly enjoyed, The Forever War, I was happy to see something much more recent from Joe Haldeman. That being said, the description made it seem more like a thriller than a science-fiction novel, s......more

Goodreads review by mariona on August 10, 2022

EMMMM m'ha encantaaat el llibree. Després de llegir 2o3 llibres que erenn mehh, un porfiin m'ha agradat. És un veterano snipper de la guerra on va perdre un dit ii li van donar la baixa. Després va escriure uns quants llibres sobre realment com era ser un snipper i matar a gent, però no van tenir molt......more