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Chock · 10-17-07, 04:58 PM

Sure did. The political aspects of the book are somewhat glossed over in the movie version, but there is some info about its dealings with a meritocracy on the Wikipedia page about the book:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers

If you've never read it, you should, it's an entertaining read with some quite likeable pronouncements about common sense politics, as is most of Heinlein's stuff, with even his 'juvenile' novels being more adult than a lot of stuff that is genuinely written for teenagers these days, see 'Starman Jones' for a good example of this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starman_Jones

Chock

10-17-07, 04:58 PM	#13
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sure did. The political aspects of the book are somewhat glossed over in the movie version, but there is some info about its dealings with a meritocracy on the Wikipedia page about the book: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers If you've never read it, you should, it's an entertaining read with some quite likeable pronouncements about common sense politics, as is most of Heinlein's stuff, with even his 'juvenile' novels being more adult than a lot of stuff that is genuinely written for teenagers these days, see 'Starman Jones' for a good example of this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starman_Jones Chock __________________