Re: Starship Troopers

Well, without all the combat stuff, he could have summed up his views on
being a citizen in a dynamite short story... That may  be the
philosophical
core of the book, but face it - it doesn't account for much %wise.

Still, I suspect this is not the place to debate it...

> Not bad. As far as I'm concerned, the book is "about" what it means to
> be a citizen, not what it's like to fight in power armour, and the
> series is definitely in the latter camp. On that basis, it's
acceptable
> but didn't really enthuse me all that much.

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