/lit/ - Literature

Was Heinlein being unironic on this is how society should be? Thought he was a libertarian

>>13749826
Once again, an entire spectrum of literature and philosophy is dismissed because "this hurts my feelings". Grow up.

>>13749431
Starship troopers and ender's game (or the sequels it spawned) explore the philosophy of militarism and authoritarianism, and their merits/necessity. In many scifi novels, there's usually a foreign race of aliens that are threatening the dominion of the humans, and that survival is ensured through militarism and discipline, and a general embracing of statism. Both books also have coming of age themes for young boys growing up into fighting age men, and what it means to transition from child to adult.

Was the movie adaptation a hit piece to discredit the author's critique of Liberalism?

it's so good yet so expensive