| Re: The Forever War
Although Forever War was rejected 18 times because publishers said nobody wanted to read a SF that reminded people of Vietnam, it was serilaized by Analog, and Bova, the editor at the time, took out the middle piece, a novella called "You Can Never Go Back." He said it was too downbeat for Analog audiences. It was eventually published separately as a coda in Amazing. In the meantime, after being serialized, and with Bova's endorsement, St. Martin's took a chance and published it. |