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Published by Pan Books Digit Books Four Square Penguin Puffin Panther Dell Mayflower New England Library Corgi Berkeley Sphere Books Tor 1955-2007, London New York, 1955

Robert Heinlein Angus Wells Spider Robinson In any case: the film is solid but its enjoyment has limits set by its very premise.The Man Who Sold the Moon An Assignment in Eternity Starship Troopers Revolt in 2100 The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag Starman Jones Beyond This Horizon Farmer in the Sky Farnham's Freehold Double Star Tunnel in the Sky Stranger in a Strange Land Starman Jones Orphans of the Sky The Podkayne of Mars The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Waldo and Magic Inc The Puppet Masters The Door into Summer The Worlds of Robert Heinlein Methuselah's Children The Star Beast Red Planet I Will Fear No Evil Space Cadet Have Space Suit- Will Travel Space Family Stone Between Planets An Assignment in Eternity The Day After Tomorrow The Best of Robert Heinlein 1939-1942 The Menace from Earth Glory Road The Menace from Earth The Number of the Beast Friday Job: A Comedy of Justice The Cat who Walks Through Walls Variable Star So strange, for such a backwards-looking film to have such a forward-looking idea played so well. I find it fantastically refreshing the way that was played out. As an aside, it is noteworthy and actually genuinely admirable the gender neutrality/equality of the film in terms of the portrayal of the characters within the film.

Again, though, this is a success going by the premise of the existence of the film.

As a pro-military piece it eschews nearly all sensitivity and can be gruesome and disturbing in the thoughtless violence. It was reasonably enjoyable but its limits as a film are directly proportional to its success in what it aims to do. However, although that makes the film clever, it does not mean I overly enjoy or connect to sitting through such propaganda pieces. On this level of old-style, unsubtle propaganda, I suppose it is successful. Likely with the intent of recruiting new troopers. A military, Nazi-esque propaganda film, as if from within the deranged universe that the film takes place in.