OFF: Starship Troopers (was Classic Rock)

[Hardman DK]

On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, J Strobridge wrote:

> Veering wildly off topic:

Well, not as off-topic as some OFF:s.  Mike Moorcock, the main link
between BOC & HW, wrote a critique of Sci-Fi/Fantasy called "Starship
Troopers". As I recall, Heinlein and various others were picked out for
their right-wing authoritarian tendencies. This essay can be found in The
Opium General.

> and the fact that
> no-one got blown up by their own nuclear bombs it was a disappointment.

Ha ha, how true  :)

Dave

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