Book is fantastic, I’ve read it probably 20 times. Movie was stupid.
Being a government slave for a while will sure be a great benefit to liberty.
You probably don’t need suggestions, then, but if I were assigning, I’d make sure the kids read the following, in order:
The Door into Summer
Farnham’s Freehold
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
They are all from the pre-Stranger period, which I vastly prefer.
Completely agree. I was uber disappointed and disgusted that they took a deeply philosophical book and turned it into a horrible action movie.
The most conservative/libertarian, pro-war version was part 3, NOT 1.
1) The govt in the middle of the war, kills the anti-war protestors who were doing everything in order to stop the “illegal” war between the insects and humans.
2) It was proven in the end that those “anti-war protestors” were actually lackeys of the media, which portrayed the troopers as killing insects “indiscriminately’.
2) Mostly Christian themed..believe it or not. Even the scene of “angels” coming down in 1 scene.
3) That the looney Christian, whom the others disrespected, was actually correct in the end. YeS, i said CHRISTIAN.
How this movie got past the censors and liberals in Hollywood is beyond me.
I think he wrote a short story about a gun shop. A great moral story on the right to bear arms.
The director never read the book. Movie = bad, book = MUST READ.
What I don't know, I have never shared.
I had just sold my first story to ASTOUNDING that year. John Campbell, the editor, invited me to sit at his table during the Hugo awards. Heinlein was there at the table also.
When ST was announced as the winner, I ran back up to my hotel room, grabbed my copy, and got Heinlein's autograph on it right after he accepted the award. That copy is one of my most treasured possessions. I don't lend it out.
The movie: based on the back cover of a novel by Robert Heinlein.
Great book, first novel I ever read.
I have read it a dozen times, at least.
This was the tragic fallacy which brought on the decadence and collapse of the democracies of the twentieth century; those noble experiments failed because the people had been led to believe that they could simply vote for whatever they wanted… and get it, without toil, without sweat, without tears.
“Nothing of value is free.
What a prophet, that Heinlen. Collapse of democracies of the 20th century. OK, he missed by one century."
I agree. Great book. Every guy that reads should read it. A great guy book and I think women could get something out of it as well, but not really one aimed at women, IMHO. I don't agree with the premise that only those willing to make the ultimate sacrifice in service of their country should be the only ones to vote or hold office, but it is based on a sound general principal.
You have to have some skin in the game to make a sound decision. There is a reason poke is played with money. No money, and everybody plays out every hand, bluffing on every hand. What do they care. Add money, and you have to think long and hard if you want to raise the bet and go on. You need skin in the game. Tax payers have that. Property owners have that. Small business owners have that.
Here is a link to a fascinating 12 page article about Troopers and citizenship.
http://www.nitrosyncretic.com/rah/ftp/fedrlsvc.pdf
parsy, who says did you guys know there was a SS Troopers III out? Its on HBO and Encore some.
Loved this book. My favorite is “Time Enough for Love” and I find myself often thinking of one or another of Lazarus Long’s maxims for a happy life as I go about my day.