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Originally Posted by OccultHawk
Yeah I got the Middle East energy symbolism - allegory
It seemed like he was trying really hard to develop the characters but it just wasn’t hitting the spot with me
Stranger in a Strange Land was published four years earlier and imo holds far more interest to a modern reader (at least if that reader is me)
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I'd agree. Even back when I read Dune it didn't really live up to the hype even though I did like it, whereas Stranger in a Strange Land blew my mind. I remember you saying you either didn't like or didn't like and didn't finish Starship Troopers. I'd say that as another book with problematic politics that Starship Troopers is a much more engaging narrative that explores its ideas in a way that even while being worrying is still vastly interesting and challenging. And it's even more interesting considering that it was written by the same guy who wrote Stranger in a Strange Land. Like it's kinda hard to reconcile the views Heinlein espoused in both and that's amazing. You should give Starship Troopers another shot.