This will be a "guy thing" then.įor the next 200-odd pages we're treated to a khaki-moistening militaristic wet-dream as Heiniein treats us to homespun philosophy ("it's just as foolish to hit an enemy city with an H Bomb as it would be to spank a baby with an axe," - hey, for the sake of the kids let's all remember that), gratuitous violence and meticulously, not to say leeringly, described public floggings. An account of a young grunt's induction into a futuristic military and his subsequent glory as an officer, you can get the gist of where it's coming from by its dedication: "To "sarge" Arthur George Smith - soldier, citizen, scientist - and to all sergeants anywhere who have laboured to make men out of boys." reads the title page. It won sci- fi's prestigious Hugo Award and promptly sailed into a maelstrom of controversy.
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