I think it was "Starship Troopers" that began my disenchantment with Heinlein...It is an amazing book, and almost impossible to stop reading, but its view of people and society is, frankly, a bit scary. (I see some of the attitudes underlying that book showing up in the increasing forced veneration of military service in the US today, too. Feel free to take shots at me for that one.)
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I think it was "Starship Troopers" that began my disenchantment with Heinlein...It is an amazing book, and almost impossible to stop reading, but its view of people and society is, frankly, a bit scary. (I see some of the attitudes underlying that book showing up in the increasing forced veneration of military service in the US today, too. Feel free to take shots at me for that one.)
I read the book as a youth and loved it. I read it again and wondered why I'd loved it. It was still eminently readable, though.
I also loved the movie, which I realized immediately was almost a parody of the book. I called it DOOGIE HOWSER, S.S.
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