Joe Haldeman

(June 9, 1943 –)

Joe Haldeman was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, but lived all over the US a child. In the 1960s, he was living in Washington, DC and was an active member of WSFA, which he heard about in connection with Discon, the 1963 Worldcon in Washington. (His brother, Jay Haldeman, who was also a fan also joined.)

In 1965, he married Mary Gay Potter and earned a BS in Physics and Astronomy in 1967, the 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. His column "Letters from Vietnam" was published in Ray Fisher's fanzine Odd.

In 1975, he received an MFA degree in Creative Writing from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. He lives in Gainesville, Florida and Cambridge, Massachusetts and teaches writing at MIT.

While at the University of Iowa, he helped to found the Mindbridge Foundation which runs the convention ICON. He was a long-time member of WSFA, a member of the Washington in '77 Worldcon bid, and a filker in the early days of filk.

He was GoH at the 1990 Worldcon in Holland, ConFiction.

His best-known work is The Forever War from 1974 which won the 1976 Best Novel Hugo and also a Nebula Award. He also received the 1977 Best Short Story Hugo for "Tricentennial", the 1991 Best Novella Hugo for "The Hemingway Hoax' the 1995 Best Short Story Hugo for "None So Blind", and the 1998 Best Novel Hugo for Forever Peace.

He is member of the of SFWA and served as president in 1992–1994. He was a member of the Guilford Gafia.

He is the brother of Jack C. Haldeman II.

• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
• Website.
• Video of Joe singing his filksong, “The Ballad of Stan Long,” at MidAmeriCon, 1976.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1974 -- Windycon I
• 1976 -- PgHLANGE VIII, Marcon 11, Fourth Dimension Con, Locus Award, 1976 Best Novel Hugo for Mindbridge
• 1977 -- Disclave 21, ICON 3, Totocon, Mooncon, 1977 Best Short Story Hugo for "Tricentennial", 1977 Best Novel Hugo nominee
• 1978 -- OKon '78, Toastmaster at PgHLANGE X
• 1979 -- Moncon III, Archon 3, Sci-Con 1
• 1980 -- Unicon 6, SfanCon 11 (Beneluxcon 7)
• 1981 -- AggieCon XII, Philcon 1981
• 1983 -- Con*Stellation II, Con*Tretemps 2, Phoenix Award, Questcon, Balticon 17 (special guest)
• 1984 -- Spacecon 6, InConJunction IV
• 1985 -- ICON 10
• 1986 -- MidSouthCon 5, Albacon III
• 1987 -- Windycon '87 (New Zealand Natcon),
• 1988 -- AggieCon XIX, DeepSouthCon 26 (toastmaster)
• 1989 -- Travelling Fete II
• 1990 -- ConFiction
• 1991 -- 1991 Best Novella Hugo for "The Hemingway Hoax"
• 1992 -- Haldecon named after him, Jack Williamson Lectureship
• 1993 -- Windycon XX, Boskone 30, Rivercon XVIII, Continuity '93, World Fantasy Award
• 1994 -- ICON 19, Eurocon 1994
• 1995 -- Baycon '95, ICFA 16, 1995 Best Short Story Hugo for "None So Blind"
• 1996 -- Skylark Award
• 1998 -- Ambulatory ConFusion, Parthecon XXVI, Anaconism the 3rd, Con-Version 15, 1998 Best Novel Hugo for Forever Peace
• 2000 -- Jack Williamson Lectureship
• 2001 -- Conestoga 2001, Atlantykron
• 2002 -- Con With the Wind
• 2003 -- ChambanaCon 33, Jack Williamson Lectureship
• 2004 -- ICON 29, Norwescon XXVII, Odyssey Con IV, Tiptree Award, 2004 Best Short Story Hugo nominee
• 2005 -- ConQuesT 36, Readercon 16, COSine 2005, Nubella Award
• 2006 -- Imagicon 1
• 2007 -- Finncon 2007, Gaylaxicon 2007
• 2008 -- Confluence 2008, EerieCon 10, ArmadilloCon 30
• 2009 -- DemiCon 20, Robert A. Heinlein Award
• 2010 -- SFWA Grand Master Award
• 2011 -- Con*Stellation XXX, toastmaster at Archon 36
• 2012 -- LepreCon 28, Foolscap 14, Science Fiction Hall of Fame
• 2013 -- ICON 38, Balticon 47, Marcon 48, HAL-CON 2013, Jack Williamson Lectureship
• 2015 -- Necronomicon 2.0.15, VCON 40, ICON 40, Pyrkon 2015
• 2017 -- ICON 42
• 2018 -- ICON 43
• 2021 -- ICON 46
• Rhysling Award (three times)
• Nebula Award (five times)

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