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Originally Posted by Vintage Season
It is worth noting that you probably wouldn't have writers like David Weber or John Ringo if it hadn't been for the ground that Heinlein, and then Haldeman, broke. - M.
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Haldeman is no Heinlein. But yes, I agree that old school sci fi was far more about ideas than story telling.
Maybe Haldeman did break ground by writing of an army where women are required to have sex with all the guys....and they don't seem to mind. Is that ground that needed to be broken? Are we enlightened?
Does any current gay person feel ennobled by the depiction of homosexuality in the book?
Were there truly no "war is hell" books before this one? And if not -- should we still laud this one which does such a poor job of it?
Anyway -- I totally accept that I'm not in step with the majority on this book. That was part of my surprise in reading it. It has overwhelming rave reviews on Amazon. It's about topics that I like to read about very much. There are some very interesting ideas in the book and even more so when you reflect on Veitnam.
All that's true and yet the book, read today, is BORING as all get out.
IMHO
Lee