Author · born 1943
Joe Haldeman
Joe Haldeman (born 1943) is an American science fiction writer. Born in Oklahoma City.
Our catalogue lists 3 books by Joe Haldeman, mostly time-travel fiction and angel fiction. They span 1999 to 2008. The most-read is Forever Free (1999).
Books by Joe Haldeman
Forever Free
Joe Haldeman, Andre Martin Kostner
The Accidental Time Machine
Joe Haldeman
Marsbound
Joe Haldeman
Awards
- ✦Otherwise Award 2004 — Overall, Camouflage (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2004 — Best Short Story, Four Short Novels (nominee)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 1998 — Best Novel, Forever Peace (winner)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 1995 — Best Short Story, None So Blind (winner)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 1991 — Best Novella, The Hemingway Hoax (winner)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1977 — Best Novel, Mindbridge (nominee)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 1977 — Best Short Story, Tricentennial (winner)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 1976 — Best Novel, The Forever War (winner)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1973 — Best Novella, Hero (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2008 — Best Novel, The Accidental Time Machine (nominee)
- 🏆Nebula Awards 2006 — Best Novel, Camouflage (winner)
- 🏆Nebula Awards 1999 — Best Novel, Forever Peace (winner)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1995 — Best Short Story, None So Blind (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1994 — Best Short Story, Graves (nominee)
- 🏆Nebula Awards 1991 — Best Novella, The Hemingway Hoax (winner)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1986 — Best Short Story, More Than the Sum of His Parts (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1977 — Best Short Story, Tricentennial (nominee)
- 🏆Nebula Awards 1976 — Best Novel, The Forever War (winner)
- 🏆World Fantasy Awards 1993 — Best Short Fiction, Graves (winner)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 1991 — Best Novella, The Hemingway Hoax (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2015 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Work Done for Hire (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2014 — Best Collection, The Best of Joe Haldeman (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2012 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Earthbound (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2011 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Starbound (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2011 — Best Short Story, Sleeping Dogs (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2009 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Marsbound (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2008 — Best Science Fiction Novel, The Accidental Time Machine (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2007 — Best Novella, The Mars Girl (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2006 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Old Twentieth (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2006 — Best Short Story, Angel of Light (nominee)
Biography
Joe William Haldeman (born June 9, 1943) is an American science fiction author. He is best known for his novel The Forever War (1974). That novel and other works, including The Hemingway Hoax (1991) and Forever Peace (1997), have won science fiction awards, including the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. He was awarded the SFWA Grand Master for career achievements. In 2012 he was inducted as a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Many of Haldeman's works, including his debut novel War Year and his second novel The Forever War, were inspired by his experiences in the Vietnam War. Wounded in combat, he struggled to adjust to civilian life after returning home. From 1983–2014, he was a professor teaching writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).