Forever Free

De: Joe Haldeman

Narrado por: Peter Berkrot

From Joe Haldeman, the all-time master of military science fiction, comes the new novel set in the universe of his Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic The Forever War.

An epic story about war, peace, and the price of freedom, Forever Free reintroduces listeners to William Mandella - who has been living peacefully on the planet called Middle Finger, a refuge for humans who refuse to become part of the group mind known as Man. But after decades of this peace, Mandella and others are tired of living like zoo animals. So they steal a starship - and embark upon a voyage that will forever change their understanding of the universe, and themselves.

©1999 Joe Haldeman (P)2016 Recorded Books

Different direction from Forever War

Forever War was a sprawling political war epic in the tradition of Robert Heinlein. Forever Free is at once a smaller, personal story that, by the end, seems like a cosmic tale concocted by Aasimov, Clarke and Dick while sitting at a cafe with Serling in the Twilight Zone.

Love the author, great story, but not what you’d expect.

This is still a great book, but do not expect the same tone or tenor as the original. It does make sense considering it was written two decades after the first, but the names felt recycled for exposure. I feel it would have ultimately stood better on its own; as a new narrative. Still recommend a listen.

This is an awful reading.

The book would be better with a decent narrator. I adjusted the audio as much as I could and it still sounded awful.

The end kinda just sucks, but good story

loved it , but did not care for Peter Berkrots narration at times sounded like Mandela was psycho when he's speaking normally.

Not my favorite of the trilogy

Did not care for this narrator. Would have preferred the original narrator from the first book to match the characters in this one too.

The story was whiny, frustrating and depressing. Perhaps that was by design? Or it could have just been the narration?

Odd Narration, Bad plot

The story is largely a thematic departure from Forever War. The bizarre ending seemed invented out of desperation at the last moment.

confused.

huh. not sure what to make of that. definitely not a fan of the super macho voice actor. I think it jumped the shark at the end and then gravity failed and it never came down again.

Didn't like this narrator.

I really thought this narrator didn't sound like the main character. Definitely not my mental image

Narration horrible

Slow to start and hard to keep up interest with monotone narration. Great 1st book “Forever War” , couldn’t put it down in1975 when I first read it. Great narrator there. This one was just thrown out there to wrap up the story, especially at the end

Not going to lie, 1st one was better.

I enjoyed the Forever War alot, but this one not as good as 1st book.