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Rashid Yasin
Apr 23, 2018 rated it liked it
Shelves: sci-fi
I think it's best summed up by someone on reddit who was comparing it to the Forever War: "remember that Haldeman served in combat and Heinlein didn't and dreamed he did.... The difference is that Heinlein sees combat as thrilling and exciting, Haldeman sees it is painful and damaging. Heinlein understand training (and ST is just a book about bootcamp) and wishes he could have seen combat.

As political commentary ST is a cheat which is how Heinlein generally gives us politics. The "History & Mora ...more
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Jean Paul Govè
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Adam
Jan 26, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Ian
May 29, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Caz
Aug 18, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: sci-fi, owned
Tom
Feb 27, 2015 added it
Shelves: 2015, audiobook
J. K.
Sep 07, 2015 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
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