This interestingly-offbeat sort-of-SF novel starts off as a late 19th century memoir, 'as written by' the protag-lady circa 1952. Rosa Coleman moves to Kansas to escape an abusive husband, then moves on to Alaska when the brute find out she's in Dodge City -- a town Haldeman picked, no doubt, with malice aforethought. The 'memoir' is well-researched and pretty good, but has no special sfnal frisson until Rosa is led on a galactic fantasy-tour by an Alien Guardian disguised as a Tlingit Raven sha This interestingly-offbeat sort-of-SF novel starts off as a late 19th century memoir, 'as written by' the protag-lady circa 1952. Rosa Coleman moves to Kansas to escape an abusive husband, then moves on to Alaska when the brute find out she's in Dodge City -- a town Haldeman picked, no doubt, with malice aforethought.

And if memory serves they aren't ePub, which is kinda annoying. The Mission of Honor cd has 12/13 books in the series and they all have both epub and mobi files. The Forever War by Joe Haldeman is a classic. Had a pretty similar request I just answered, so I'll copy and paste my answer here too. Jul 5, 2017 - Subscribe to Clarkesworld and never miss an issue of our World Fantasy and Hugo Award-Winning Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine.

The 'memoir' is well-researched and pretty good, but has no special sfnal frisson until Rosa is led on a galactic fantasy-tour by an Alien Guardian disguised as a Tlingit Raven shaman. It wouldn't be fair to reveal how Raven got involved, so let's just say that many-worlds is the law in this universe, with interesting consequences. Haldeman's writing is as good as ever (a relief after Forever Peace), and the galactic-tourist scenes with Raven and Rosa are as thrilling and strange as the encounters with the weird continuity-guardian in The Hemingway Hoax -- high praise indeed. The spirit-guardian out-of-body trip leader was a pretty common conceit in 19th century proto-sf, and Haldeman specifically identifies a Flammarian novel as a parallel work to his. A somewhat similar book, that ordinary readers may have actually read, is Lindsay's Voyage to Arcturus. I would have preferred more galaxy-touring and less history in Guardian, but I wasn't disappointed with the book at hand.

And, at 231 pages, no great time-commitment is required. [Review written in 2003, I think. Found in the files]. GNAb I received a free electronic copy of this excellent SF novel from Netgalley, Joe Haldeman, and Open Road Integrated Media in exchange for an honest review. Thank you, for sharing your work with me. This novel originally published in 2002.

Thank you, Open Road, for bringing it back around. My 40 year old daughter read it back in the day, but I managed to miss it. It is a book I am pleased to have found, however late. Written in the first person of Ms. Rosa Coleman who, at 90 in a world we re GNAb I received a free electronic copy of this excellent SF novel from Netgalley, Joe Haldeman, and Open Road Integrated Media in exchange for an honest review. Thank you, for sharing your work with me. This novel originally published in 2002.

Thank you, Open Road, for bringing it back around. My 40 year old daughter read it back in the day, but I managed to miss it. Papa roach the connection zip. It is a book I am pleased to have found, however late. Written in the first person of Ms. Rosa Coleman who, at 90 in a world we recognize as 1952, is determined to write her memories down after she has a small stroke and hah, she says, obviously outstayed her welcome on this world.

She begins her tale after the death of her parents in Atlanta in the civil war, briefly touching on her boarding school and college years at Wellesley, paid for by her small inheritance. Her thoughts on her life at that point were years of teaching girls somewhere in New England, to perhaps to meet and marry a man she could tolerate or even love, and settle into the role of wife and mother. Her life didn't work out that way. And the journeys she makes over the years, the miles, the rivers and seas, is a tale you will love. Joe Haldeman takes us on a trip through time and space into places we could not even imagine on our own.

This is a book to keep, and share. Pub date Sept 27, 2016 Open Road Integrated Media.

I’ve been sitting on this book for a while. I finished it almost a month ago unsure of how to review it, not even sure of my rating. It was definitely not what I was expecting, and I wasn’t sure if it was something I was happy having read. I eventually settled, after stewing on it for a while, on having enjoyed it. Soft book to me. Something subtle and cleverly sneaky in how it wraps around you. It’s about a woman’s journey to a momentary experience and less of how it affected her.

W I’ve been sitting on this book for a while. I finished it almost a month ago unsure of how to review it, not even sure of my rating. It was definitely not what I was expecting, and I wasn’t sure if it was something I was happy having read.