This accusation is difficult to sustain when you can also point to Stranger in a Strange Land (1961), a book which was adopted just as much by counter culture as was Tolkein’s, Lord of the Rings (1954). Some have accused him of being a reactionary against the growth of youth culture and a perceived lack of civic responsibility and morality, against a background of the liberalisation of sex and experimentation with recreational drugs. The depictions of boot camp, as well as the travails of officer school have an authentic feel about them. Heinlein was a military man having served in the navy, an experience which would inform this story. It does raise the question as to whether it is possible to divorce the work from the author.
It and its author have been labelled as both fascistic and racist however I feel that this notion often came from a fundamental misreading of the text. Starship Troopers was his first non-juvenile book in ten years and proved to be a controversial work, so much so that his then current publisher refused to put the book out. Heinlein, who died in 1988, was a well-respected novelist having penned some of the most seminal works in the genre, including Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966). 272 pages) is a military science fiction novel from Robert Heinlein. Intending to only stay in for two years and qualify for citizenship privileges, the outbreak of war sees his platoon thrust into battle against a strong and intelligent alien species… Rico, having reached the age of consent, goes against his family’s wishes and joins the military.
(Folio Society Hardback) Author: Robert A.
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