Comments on: Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein http://zho.berka.com/2010/03/04/stranger-in-a-strange-land-by-robert-heinlein/ All your base are belong to us Fri, 18 May 2012 16:05:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: BeRKA http://zho.berka.com/2010/03/04/stranger-in-a-strange-land-by-robert-heinlein/comment-page-1/#comment-13411 BeRKA Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:52:29 +0000 http://zho.berka.com/2010/03/04/stranger-in-a-strange-land-by-robert-heinlein/#comment-13411 In this book there are a lot of talk (and critisism) of the corrupt government. So I hope you find a copy and find it interesting. (At least the first part of the book.) I won't go into Starship Troopers here, since there are a number of older posts about that subject. In this book there are a lot of talk (and critisism) of the corrupt government. So I hope you find a copy and find it interesting. (At least the first part of the book.)

I won’t go into Starship Troopers here, since there are a number of older posts about that subject.

]]> By: OjnoTheRed http://zho.berka.com/2010/03/04/stranger-in-a-strange-land-by-robert-heinlein/comment-page-1/#comment-13409 OjnoTheRed Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:34:35 +0000 http://zho.berka.com/2010/03/04/stranger-in-a-strange-land-by-robert-heinlein/#comment-13409 Interesting. Based on that review I might find it and read it. I read Starship Troopers as a kid and loved it as a rattling good battle story. Then I read it as an adult and I was shocked. It's basically a cover-to-cover advocacy of fascism (i.e. embittered returning veterans take over society by force of arms and run it through martial law including corporal punishment - almost directly lifted from Mussolini's rise to power). The writing in places is annoyingly preachy (although in fairness I'd level that charge at Avatar as well although I'm sympathetic to the message that film is preaching). The movie adaptation of Starship Troopers is pretty much bang on the money: the screenplay writers realised pretty quickly how ridiculously cold-war the whole thing was and took it in the direction of Dr Strangelove. But your post has raised my interest - this book sounds a lot more intriguing at the level of ideas. Interesting. Based on that review I might find it and read it. I read Starship Troopers as a kid and loved it as a rattling good battle story. Then I read it as an adult and I was shocked. It’s basically a cover-to-cover advocacy of fascism (i.e. embittered returning veterans take over society by force of arms and run it through martial law including corporal punishment – almost directly lifted from Mussolini’s rise to power).

The writing in places is annoyingly preachy (although in fairness I’d level that charge at Avatar as well although I’m sympathetic to the message that film is preaching).

The movie adaptation of Starship Troopers is pretty much bang on the money: the screenplay writers realised pretty quickly how ridiculously cold-war the whole thing was and took it in the direction of Dr Strangelove.

But your post has raised my interest – this book sounds a lot more intriguing at the level of ideas.

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