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Comment author: DataPacRat 27 January 2013 08:54:25AM 0 points [-]

Does Haldeman's "The Forever War" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forever_War ) cover enough similar ground, or does "Return" take a different approach?

Comment author: RomeoStevens 27 January 2013 11:09:36PM 1 point [-]

Return makes more of an effort to be surreal. It's not very long, and Lem is wildly entertaining IMO.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 27 January 2013 03:42:15PM *  1 point [-]

The Forever War is kind of a major argument against a particular case of cryo. Repeated future shock so severe you don't even bother acculturating before going in again. Whee.

Comment author: DanArmak 27 January 2013 05:56:24PM 1 point [-]

Major argument from fictional evidence...

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 29 January 2013 07:59:02PM 0 points [-]

Context, please - we're talking about using fiction to prime peoples' imaginations.

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