[RonDog]

From the article:

...In 1958, in response to what he saw as a liberal effort to weaken America's military, he set aside the "Sex and God" book on which he had been working and wrote "Starship Troopers."

This was probably his most controversial book. In it he imagines a future society in which the right to vote must be earned by volunteering for service, including service in the military.

In response to claims that the book glorifies the military, he wrote: "It does indeed..."

R.I.P. RAH!

[Pablo64]

I would say that I have probably read Starship Troopers 10 or 12 times easily over the years. When my son is a little older I am going to require that he read it (we homeschool, so I can make it an assignment). Too many good lessons on honor and duty, etc., to let that one pass by.

[killjoy]

In it he imagines a future society in which the right to vote must be earned by volunteering for service, including service in the military.

A little bit misleading. IIRC, you did not have to serve in the military. It could be any form of civil service.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I propose that non-veterans still get to vote, but that veterans votes count twice, since they have served. Any comments?

[Little_shoe]

I really loved that book, though I didn't pick it up until after the movie came out. But when I did discover it I read it over and over and over. Starship Troopers, Enders Game, Captain Blood, and the Count of Monte Cristo have to be the most read of my whole book collection.

He has this chanty used for saluting guns at the start of one of the chapters. Which I would say to myself when I was doing parades and they had the gun salutes.

"He's bound to be guilty 'r he wouldn't be here!
Starboard gun . . . FIRE!
Shooting' too good for 'im, kick the louse out!
Port gun . . . FIRE!"
- Ancient chanty used to time saluting guns I personally enjoyed the chapter "The man who was too lazy to fail" in his book "Time Enough For Love"

[Little_shoe]

I really loved that book, though I didn't pick it up until after the movie came out. But when I did discover it I read it over and over and over. Starship Troopers, Enders Game, Captain Blood, and the Count of Monte Cristo have to be the most read of my whole book collection.

He has this chanty used for saluting guns at the start of one of the chapters.
"He's bound to be guilty 'r he wouldn't be here!
Starboard gun . . . FIRE!
Shooting' too good for 'im, kick the louse out!
Port gun . . . FIRE!"
- Ancient chanty used to time saluting guns

When I was at the Academy during the parades I would repeat that to myself during gun salutes. I personally enjoyed the chapter "The man who was too lazy to fail" in his book "Time Enough For Love". It allowed me to see what the academy was like when he was going there back in the 1930s.