In Joe Haldeman’s tough Vietnam-War-Set-in-Outer-Space novel The Forever War (S.F. Masterworks), William Mandella is alienated from Earth. Every time he goes off on a military mission to the stars, relativistic dilation means decades have passed in the home world, and nothing is the same when he returns on furlough. Here he has been assigned command [...]
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Rum Antares
Posted in books, rum, usa, war, tagged alcohol, books, cocktail, forever war, joe haldeman, rum, sci fi on 04/03/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Burma Boy Grog
Posted in books, burma, liquor, nigeria, war, tagged biyi bandele, books, burma, chindit, hallucinogen, liquor, nigeria, war on 18/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
In Burma Boy, Biyi Bandele’s moving account of Nigerian Chindits in the Burma front during World War II, a fellow called Bloken used to swear he was protected by the amulets he had bought in his homeland before travelling to fight the Japanese. Lately, however, his faith in them has been wearing a little thin. [...]
