By: Svensson

Svensson — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 02:39:00 +0000

Thank you for the review, very apt. I, too, noted the passage about the regime in the book fusing "authority with responsibility". That's what the world needs today, a responsible regime, a regime imbued with the atmosphere of responsibility.

In my latest book I give this verdict on Starship Troopers:

"Starship Troopers is an eminent novel about the service life, covering such subjects as what it means to lead, to obey, to protect and serve, to ”go career” and to take responsibility. All in a plausible framework of the ways of a future Armed Force, with scenes from basic training, ship duty and combat. Plus some discussions on philosophy and politics. In all, an impressive mixture of an action story and a novel of ideas. — You could say: what Space Cadet delineated, Starship Troopers exploited to the full."

This I say in the essay Science Fiction Seen From the Right, a study of 20th century sf and fantasy from a conservative point of view. More in this link: lennart-svensson.blogspot.se/2016/04/book-news-science-fiction-seen-from.html

By: WhiteKnightLeo

WhiteKnightLeo — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 22:00:25 +0000

I would argue that RAH approached the issue of rights from precisely the wrong tack in this book, that had he understood rights in the way that Ayn Rand wrote of them, he would have favored them.
Still, Starship Troopers is a real classic for many reasons.

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