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Review title: Free of Ideas
Product review: Where do you go from up? This seems to be Haldeman's problem. After the astonishing "The Forever War," what do you do for a follow-up?"Mind Bridge" was wonderful. "Forever Peace" was disappointing. "The Hemmingway Hoax" was incoherent (how did it win any awards?) And now we have "Forever Free," which commits the unforgivable sin of grabbing the reader's attention, and then insulting him with an idiotic and just plain lazy ending. It seems a safe bet that this book was written on an advance from the publisher to a deadline, and Mr. Haldeman just plain ran out of ideas as the deadline approached.The story starts well and sets-up some interesting plot lines and puzzles, but using "a wild and crazy G-d!" to wrap-up the story is maddeningly cheap and disappointing. And it insults G-d.I will no longer buy a Haldeman book simply on the author's name.woodit@ma.ultarnet.com
