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==Life ==
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Haldeman was born in [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]. His family traveled and he lived in [[Puerto Rico]], [[New Orleans]], [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Bethesda, Maryland]] and [[Anchorage, Alaska]] as a child. Haldeman married [[Mary Gay Potter]], known as "Gay", in 1965. He received a [[Bachelor of Science|BS]] degree in [[Physics]] and [[Astronomy]] from the [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]] in 1967.<ref>According to the author's note (page 278) in the SF-novel [[The Accidental Time Machine]]</ref> That same year he was [[conscription|drafted]] into the [[United States Army|Army]] and served as a combat engineer in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]]. He was wounded in combat and his wartime experience was the inspiration for ''War Year'', his first novel; also later books such as "[[The Hemingway Hoax]]" and "[[Old Twentieth]]" deal extensively with the experience of combat soldiers in Vietnam and other wars. In 1975, he received an [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] degree in [[Creative Writing]] from the [[University of Iowa]] [[Iowa Writers' Workshop|Writers' Workshop]]. He resides in [[Gainesville, Florida]] and [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] and teaches writing at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]. In addition to being an award-winning writer, Haldeman is a painter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/2001/Issue10/Haldeman.html | title=Joe Haldeman: Art for Art's Sake | publisher=''Locus'' Online | date=October 2001 | accessdate=2008-10-13}}</ref> In 2009 and 2010, he was hospitalized for [[pancreatitis]].<ref>http://file770.com/?tag=joe-haldeman</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/09/24/sci-fi-legend-joe-haldeman-in-intensive-care|title=Sci-fi legend Joe Haldeman in intensive care}}</ref>
Haldeman was born in [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]. His family traveled and he lived in [[Puerto Rico]], [[New Orleans]], [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Bethesda, Maryland]] and [[Anchorage, Alaska]] as a child. Haldeman married [[Mary Gay Potter]], known as "Gay", in 1965. He received a [[Bachelor of Science|BS]] degree in [[Physics]] and [[Astronomy]] from the [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]] in 1967.<ref>According to the author's note (page 278) in the SF-novel [[The Accidental Time Machine]]</ref> That same year he was [[conscription|drafted]] into the [[United States Army|Army]] and served as a combat engineer in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]]. He was wounded in combat and his wartime experience was the inspiration for ''War Year'', his first novel; also later books such as "[[The Hemingway Hoax]]" and "[[Old Twentieth]]" deal extensively with the experience of combat soldiers in Vietnam and other wars. In 1975, he received an [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] degree in [[Creative Writing]] from the [[University of Iowa]] [[Iowa Writers' Workshop|Writers' Workshop]]. He resides in [[Gainesville, Florida]] and [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] and teaches writing at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]. In addition to being an award-winning writer, Haldeman is a painter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/2001/Issue10/Haldeman.html | title=Joe Haldeman: Art for Art's Sake | publisher=''Locus'' Online | date=October 2001 | accessdate=2008-10-13}}</ref> In 2009 and 2010, he was hospitalized for [[pancreatitis]].<ref>[http://file770.com/?tag=joe-haldeman Hamit: LepreCon 38: A Con The Way They Used To Be]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/09/24/sci-fi-legend-joe-haldeman-in-intensive-care|title=Sci-fi legend Joe Haldeman in intensive care}}</ref>


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Revision as of 15:58, 30 April 2013

For the CBS television producer involved in the David Letterman blackmail accusation, see Joe Halderman.
Joe Haldeman
Haldeman at Finncon 2007 (Jyväskylä, Finland)
Haldeman at Finncon 2007 (Jyväskylä, Finland)
Born (1943-06-09) June 9, 1943 (age 81)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Pen nameRobert Graham[1]
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Period1972–present
GenreScience fiction
Literary movementMilitary SF
Notable worksThe Forever War
RelativesJack C. Haldeman II, brother

Joe William Haldeman (born June 9, 1943) is an American science fiction author. He is best known for his 1974 novel The Forever War. That novel, and other of his works including The Hemingway Hoax (1991) and Forever Peace (1997), have won major science fiction awards including the Hugo Award and Nebula Award.[2] For his career writing science fiction and/or fantasy he is a SFWA Grand Master[2][3] and since 2012 a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.[4]

Many of Haldeman's works, including his debut novel and The Forever War (his second) were inspired by his experience serving in the Vietnam War, where he was wounded in combat, and by his adjustment to civilian life after returning home.

Life

Haldeman was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His family traveled and he lived in Puerto Rico, New Orleans, Washington, D.C., Bethesda, Maryland and Anchorage, Alaska as a child. Haldeman married Mary Gay Potter, known as "Gay", in 1965. He received a BS degree in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Maryland in 1967.[5] That same year he was drafted into the Army and served as a combat engineer in Vietnam. He was wounded in combat and his wartime experience was the inspiration for War Year, his first novel; also later books such as "The Hemingway Hoax" and "Old Twentieth" deal extensively with the experience of combat soldiers in Vietnam and other wars. In 1975, he received an MFA degree in Creative Writing from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. He resides in Gainesville, Florida and Cambridge, Massachusetts and teaches writing at MIT. In addition to being an award-winning writer, Haldeman is a painter.[6] In 2009 and 2010, he was hospitalized for pancreatitis.[7][8]

Work

Haldeman's first book was a 122-page novel, War Year, published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston in May 1972. The Internet Speculative Fiction Database summarizes, "about a soldier on combat duty in South Vietnam during 1968", and catalogs it as "non-genre"; that is, not speculative fiction.[1] His most famous novel is his second, The Forever War (St. Martin's Press, 1974), which was inspired by his Vietnam experiences and originated as his MFA thesis for the Iowa Writers' Workshop. It won the year's "Best Novel" Hugo, Nebula and Locus Awards.[2] He later turned it into a series. In 1975 two Attar novels were published as Pocket Books paperback originals under the pen name Robert Graham.[1] Haldeman also wrote two of the earliest original novels based on the 1960s Star Trek TV series universe, Planet of Judgment (August 1977) and World Without End (February 1979).

In October 2008 it was announced that Ridley Scott will direct a feature film based on The Forever War for Fox.[9]

Haldeman has written at least one produced Hollywood movie script. The film, a low-budget science fiction film called Robot Jox, was released in 1990.[10] He was not entirely happy with the product, saying "to me it’s as if I’d had a child who started out well and then sustained brain damage".[11]

He is a lifetime member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), and past-president.[12]

Haldeman is the brother of Jack C. Haldeman II (1941–2002), also a science-fiction author whose work included an original Star Trek novel (Perry's Planet, February 1980).

Major awards

The Science Fiction Writers of America officers and past presidents selected Haldeman as the 27th SFWA Grand Master in 2009, and he received the corresponding Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement as a writer during Nebula Awards weekend in 2010.[2][3] The Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted him in June 2012.[4]

He has also won numerous annual awards for particular works.[2]

Hugo Award

John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

  • Forever Peace (1998)[14]

Nebula Award

Locus Award

Rhysling Award

  • "Saul's Death" (1984) - Long Poem
  • "Eighteen Years Old, October Eleventh" (1991) - Short Poem
  • "January Fires" (2001) - Long Poem

World Fantasy Award

  • "Graves" (1993) - Short Fiction[17]

James Tiptree, Jr. Award

Selected works

Literary works: series

Forever series

Attar the Merman

Worlds series

Mars series

Literary works: non-series

Comic works

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Joe Haldeman at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). Retrieved 2013-04-04. Select a title to see its linked publication history and general information. Select a particular edition (title) for more data at that level, such as a front cover image or linked contents.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Haldeman, Joe". Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees. Locus Publications. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
  3. ^ a b "Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). Retrieved 2013-04-04.
  4. ^ a b "Science Fiction Hall of Fame: EMP Museum Announces the 2012 Science Fiction Hall of Fame Inductees". May/June 2012. EMP Museum (empmuseum.org). Archived 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
  5. ^ According to the author's note (page 278) in the SF-novel The Accidental Time Machine
  6. ^ "Joe Haldeman: Art for Art's Sake". Locus Online. October 2001. Retrieved 2008-10-13. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ Hamit: LepreCon 38: A Con The Way They Used To Be
  8. ^ "Sci-fi legend Joe Haldeman in intensive care".
  9. ^ Michael Fleming (2008-10-12). "Ridley Scott takes on 'War': Film based on Haldeman novel 'Forever'". Variety. Retrieved 2008-10-13. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ "Robot Jox". IMDB. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
  11. ^ Michael McGraw-Herdeg (2008-10-17). "Prof. Haldeman's Novel 'Forever War' Picked Up By 20th Century Fox Film". The Tech. Retrieved 2008-12-31. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ http://www.sfwa.org/tag/joe-haldeman/
  13. ^ a b c "1976 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  14. ^ a b c "1998 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  15. ^ a b "1975 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  16. ^ "2004 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  17. ^ World Fantasy Convention. "Award Winners and Nominees". Retrieved 04 Feb 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  18. ^ "2001 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  19. ^ "2005 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  20. ^ "2007 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
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