I first read this book in my teen aged years, because my high school library had a copy of it. I read through every science fiction book the library had by the time I graduated HS. I was, and still am, and ferocious reader.
I've read it several times over the years, and I was surprised to see it on the Essential Navy Reading List (along with another sci-fi title Enders Game, another book I've read several times)
I was one of those old school ST fans who wanted to burn Verhoeven at the stake when I saw the drek he made. That fscking movie, if I could I would find every copy in the wild and gleefully burn them into ash.
My first time through I was surprised to see how the society in the book limited franchise. At the time Reagan was President, and the Cold War was very much on. (Berlin Wall came down the year I graduated) After the end of Chapter 2, I was onboard with it, and it made logical sense.
Limiting franchise is very much an Idea I wish we could adopt again.
I first read this book in my teen aged years, because my high school library had a copy of it. I read through every science fiction book the library had by the time I graduated HS. I was, and still am, and ferocious reader.
I've read it several times over the years, and I was surprised to see it on the Essential Navy Reading List (along with another sci-fi title Enders Game, another book I've read several times)
I was one of those old school ST fans who wanted to burn Verhoeven at the stake when I saw the drek he made. That fscking movie, if I could I would find every copy in the wild and gleefully burn them into ash.
My first time through I was surprised to see how the society in the book limited franchise. At the time Reagan was President, and the Cold War was very much on. (Berlin Wall came down the year I graduated) After the end of Chapter 2, I was onboard with it, and it made logical sense.
Limiting franchise is very much an Idea I wish we could adopt again.