Book review - "The Forever War" by Joe Haldeman (1974)

 Excellent sci fi novel, apparently written partly in response to Starship Troopers but also Vietnam. The stuff about homosexuality becoming standard in the future with straights as a minority doesn't age well but the rest does - the high tech descriptions, the time condensation, the depiction of the military, the disintegration of life at home, the matter of fact use of high tech and drugs such as suits that come to the rescue when you have a piece of you chopped off. It also works emotionally because at heart it's a love story and a very moving one. The deaths of various parents is also well handled. A very good book.