Wed Apr 10, 2019 4:45 pm
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Genghis the Engineer wrote:Yes - I was deeply unimpressed with Starship troopers when it first came out, but re-watching it since, it's grown on me massively. In particular the very clever exploitation of RH's views of a military democracy.
Incidentally, if you're an RH fan, did you see that a few years ago somebody found the original text of Stranger in a strange land and published it - considerably longer than the original form. In my opinion far better for it; but since it was published, we have developed a much greater appetite for very long novels, particularly in the SF and Fantasy genres.
G
I didn't know about the long version - think I've got a link and will read on the train - thx!
I could revert to Sci Fi geek and explain the evolution of the genre - but that would be
a. condescending
b. futile, since so many have done it better than I could (and, resistance is futile.....)
I used to - many years ago - collect 1920s->mid 1970s sci-fi books. The cheaper the better. If they'd been clipped, used as ballast, ex-library - all the better. It was such an unloved genre I took pleasure in looking after it's strays. Picking up a Ray Bradbury for 5p etc, those were the days.