Re: Bugs, Mr. Rico, Zillions of them...

Yikes! Well that definately isn't the size of a dog!

Anthony Yang wrote:

> >>	     The Soldiers:  Soldier Bugs are about the size of a large
dog.
>
> >I just reread SST again and did not see anywhere where they say the
bugs
> are teh size
> >of a large dog. What page was that on?
> >
>
> The closest that I've found to a description of bug size is on page
181-182.
> My page reference is from the Ace Paperback version of the book:
>
> "I thought with annoyance that each man already had to patrol fourteen
> square miles; spreading the butter so thin meant seventeen square
miles per
> man - and a Bug can come out of a hole less than five feet wide."
>
> Looks like Heinlins bugs are alot smaller than the movie's.
>
> Tony Yang
> tagonagy@nyc.pipeline.com
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