As a massive Heinlein fan I’ll say Starship Troopers because I think that’s a fascinating discussion about what you owe your country or the price of citizenship. Since Heinlein is my favorite author I’ll pick another one as well.. A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick. I know he had drug issues and this book is an interesting look at the cycle of drugs and addiction and the ending was tragic but also very realistic. I like that the movie included his tribute at the end.
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Tunnel in the Sky by Robert Heinlein is one of my favorites. A reminder of how savage nature really is, and how cooperation is the only way man can survive it.
One of the more poignant things in the book was how the group kept trying to form committees to address problems rather than just making a decision about how to deal with the problem right then and there, which ended up wasting time and energy. In the end this inefficiency of bureaucracy cost lives.
Oh, that reminds me, I really enjoyed Orphans of the Sky by Heinlein.