I liked Heinlein's Starship Troopers.
The idea that citizenship is not a birthright but something you earn
through service to society was interesting food for thought. It's not
something we could do realistically, but it was interesting to think
about. On the other hand, the idea that every soldier takes care of his
own logistics is pretty dumb though. Heinlein must have found it
objectionable to have more people in the rear echelon than you have
actual fighters, but frankly modern wars are won by logistics. Having
more soldiers is irrelevant if they don't have food, ammo, clothing, and
fully working equipment; and expecting every Gomer Pile to take part in
every aspect of that would be dumb.
Puppet Masters wasn't bad either. It spawned the whole body snatching
subgenre in sci fi.
On 7/24/2020 4:14 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
I get Sinclair Lewis and Upton Sinclair confused. Didn’t really like
either of them. Been a while since I read any Bradbury or Heinlein.
*From:* Ken Hohhof
*Sent:* Friday, July 24, 2020 2:01 PM
*To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group'
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] bored
I talked to an old college friend the other day, he had just read and
was recommending “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis.
*From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Adam Moffett
*Sent:* Friday, July 24, 2020 2:54 PM
*To:* af@af.afmug.com
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] bored
Books are better.
I found the 1911 edition of the /Boy Scouts Handbook /enlightening.
The views expressed by the author(s) are a glimpse into a different
time. It also discusses survival and outdoor skills in broad terms.
If you tried to build a bow or a log cabin from the instructions in
that book you'd have to do a lot of your own figuring to fill in the
blanks, but maybe that's the whole point, and maybe that's the piece
we're missing from society today. Like maybe the journey of figuring
out the precise techniques to carve the notches into the logs is a
better experience than emulating a you-tuber who shows you every
single step.
My other recent recreational book was the /National Audubon Society
Field Guide to North American Trees/. I lived 40 years on this earth
only ever learning a handful of major tree types (Oak, Maple, etc).
I'm embarrassed to say I was calling every needle leafed tree a "pine"
for most of those years. I finally decided to educate myself on the
topic.
On 7/24/2020 3:29 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
I am not much of a sports fan... I thought. But with no sports on
I am really missing them. I would at times catch part of a game
to pass the time. That option is gone for the moment and there
nothing but crap on to watch... Need a good book I guess.
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