The book is way too “Wow the military is cool!” for how long the author actually served it seems weird. Movie definitely has better theming, characters of course shine better in the book but the book seems to not think they are fascist. The author protrays it as kinda good or necessary.
I was always told by military people, the longer you serve, the more you hate it. That only people going hoorah after getting out were the ones that served like a month long type stuff.
Robert Heinlein had a serious respect/love for both the military and the mormon religion. The movie, on the other hand, is a satire of the book. Personally, I prefer the movie
I do too after reading the book. But I do believe after reading that there is so much room for more. A show would be great but I want the real suits. It really gets across the terrorism.
Heinlein liked to turn sociopolitical thought experiments into novels. Stranger in a Strange Land was published a year and a half after Starship Troopers. If you’re not familiar, it’s basically about starting a massively successful free-love commune religion. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, five years later, is about a libertarian (arguably anarchic, by some definitions) revolution for independence.
I think any attribution of advocacy for any of the political ideologies expressed in his books, even when vindicated by the narrative, misses the point a bit. It seems much more likely that he was exploring various political ideas through the narrative form.
The book is way too “Wow the military is cool!” for how long the author actually served it seems weird. Movie definitely has better theming, characters of course shine better in the book but the book seems to not think they are fascist. The author protrays it as kinda good or necessary.
I was always told by military people, the longer you serve, the more you hate it. That only people going hoorah after getting out were the ones that served like a month long type stuff.
Yeah the book glazes the military and he didn’t serve that long so it does line up.
Robert Heinlein had a serious respect/love for both the military and the mormon religion. The movie, on the other hand, is a satire of the book. Personally, I prefer the movie
I do too after reading the book. But I do believe after reading that there is so much room for more. A show would be great but I want the real suits. It really gets across the terrorism.
Heinlein liked to turn sociopolitical thought experiments into novels. Stranger in a Strange Land was published a year and a half after Starship Troopers. If you’re not familiar, it’s basically about starting a massively successful free-love commune religion. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, five years later, is about a libertarian (arguably anarchic, by some definitions) revolution for independence.
I think any attribution of advocacy for any of the political ideologies expressed in his books, even when vindicated by the narrative, misses the point a bit. It seems much more likely that he was exploring various political ideas through the narrative form.
Kinda like this post about The Twilight Zone: