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Joe William Haldeman (born June 9, 1943) is an American science fiction author. He is best known for his novel The Forever War (1974), which was inspired by his experiences as a combat soldier in the Vietnam War .
In October 2009, Halderman was accused of attempting to blackmail talk show host David Letterman for $2 million. According to Letterman, who described the incident on his television show on October 1, 2009, someone had threatened to expose Letterman's sexual affairs with female staff employees in the form of a screenplay and a book if he was not paid off.
Man on Fire (Italian: Un uomo sotto tiro, French: L'homme de feu) is a 1987 action thriller film directed by Élie Chouraqui and starring Scott Glenn and Jade Malle. [1] It is based on the 1980 novel of the same name by A. J. Quinnell , with a screenplay by Chouraqui, Sergio Donati , and Fabrice Ziolkowski .
Robot Jox is a 1990 American post-apocalyptic mecha science-fiction film directed by Stuart Gordon and starring Gary Graham, Anne-Marie Johnson and Paul Koslo.Co-written by science-fiction author Joe Haldeman, the film's plot follows Achilles, one of the "robot jox" who pilot giant machines that fight international battles to settle territorial disputes in a dystopian, post-apocalyptic world.
The Forever War (1974) is a military science fiction novel by American author Joe Haldeman, telling the contemplative story about human soldiers fighting an interstellar war against an alien civilization known as the Taurans. It won the Nebula Award in 1975 and the Hugo and Locus awards in 1976.
Forever Peace is a 1997 science fiction novel by Joe Haldeman. It won the Nebula Award, Hugo Award and John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1998. [1] Plot.
On Fire is an upcoming biographical film written by Gregory Poirier, directed by Sean McNamara, and starring William H. Macy, John Corbett and Joel Courtney, the latter portraying John O'Leary, a real life St. Louis native who survived fire burns which covered his entire body. [1]
"Graves" is a military science fiction short story by Joe Haldeman about haunted military morticians. [1] It was originally published in October 1992 in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and appears in The Year's Best Science Fiction (1993), New Masterpieces of Horror (1996) and The Best of Joe Haldeman (2013).