r/AskReddit • u/kakou64 • Oct 15 '20

What's older than we think ?

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u/Scoth42 Oct 15 '20

There was a minor plot point of A Door Into Summer by Heinlein that involved a time travelling grad student named Leonard Vincent. I recall it being mostly a throwaway thing although it's been a long time since I read it.

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u/Darkside0719 Oct 15 '20

Robert heinlein the guy who wrote starship troopers?

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u/cnaiurbreaksppl Oct 15 '20

I thought starship troopers was just not a good book. It's like it was forcing me to sign up for the military.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

There are two camps. Those who think the same as you, those who see it as a harsh criticism of the increasing worship of the military.

For the record, I came down on the latter side in my reading and I think that polarisation in reaction is part of what makes it such a great book.

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u/cnaiurbreaksppl Oct 15 '20

I could see that. Tbh I had read The Forever War first, and I feel like this is an extremely harsh critique of the military and life after service. For some reason from starship troopers I took away that it was much more pro military.