[Jalapeno]

I would note that the military has Troopers on its reading lists

Thanks for reminding me on that one, I had forgotten this, and yet always thought it was interesting they included it. Again, would of been an interesting fact to add for this essay.

Now I'm going to have to go and read the book this afternoon....

US Marine Reading List

[alfa6]

Interesting that the Marines put it in the Doctrine, Training and Tactics section. When you get a chance to read the book be sure to pay attention to chapter 8. I would be willing to bet a small sum that Starship Troopers ia the only Sci-Fi book on that list and one of the few fiction books as well. In paperback Starship Troopers is only about 150 pages and it is IMHO a fairly easy read.

BTW I glanced through the whole list and would say that I have read about a fourth of the list. There are several books on the list that are on my to read list as well and a few more that I will need to put on my list as well.

Thsnks for the link

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[ASOC]

Just so.... as an adult I now see that Sci-fi comes in types - liberal, or perhaps Libratrain (SP?) and some of RAH would fall under "survivalist" - Tunnel in the Sky, Sixth Column, If this goes on... The one piece I stand in awe of is "Searchlight", a novel in 1200 words, if only I could write that well! I get sales, just not in the community. HAVE FUN HOO-AH