--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Alberto (I think) wrote:

> > >_Starship Troopers_-the-movie is a Masterpiece!!!
> One of the best movies ever made!!!
> >
> > Can we assume you are kidding?  Please?
> >
> > If not, can we assume you've never read the book
> and that's why you liked
> > that piece of film-making dreck? :-)
> 
> Personally, I think the movie is superior to the
> book.  The book takes
> itself seriously.  Heinlein actually believed in the
> theme of Starship
> Trooper.  He also believed in incest, yuck.  I
> really like some of his
> works, like the Moon is a Harsh Mistress, but I only
> enjoyed his later
> stuff and Starship Trooper with a clothespin.

While I enjoyed his 'juvenile' works like _Podkayne of
Mars_ (IIRC) and the one with 'Lummox,' I found his
attitude towards women so 2-dimensional and
patronizing that I couldn't stomach his 'adult' books.

Body Paint Only - Oh, Sure! Maru

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