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?
Return makes more of an effort to be surreal. It’s not very long, and Lem is wildly entertaining IMO.
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.
Major argument from fictional evidence...
Context, please—we’re talking about using fiction to prime peoples’ imaginations.
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?
Return makes more of an effort to be surreal. It’s not very long, and Lem is wildly entertaining IMO.
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.
Major argument from fictional evidence...
Context, please—we’re talking about using fiction to prime peoples’ imaginations.