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I am intrigued by some of Heinlein's concepts in Starship Troopers, particularly the one where you acquire citizenship and the right to vote via military service. I've tried to contemplate how our nation would be differently run if we had that rule. I suspect we'd go to war less often, but more forcefully. No half-assed "limited war" that drives up the casualty count and wastes billions of dollars in equipment. The old "accomplish the mission" mentality, you know. I suspect we'd have a balanced budget, too. Soldiers don't get paid very much, and have to learn to make wise spending decisions. And I'm a screaming liberal IRL, but a veteran screaming liberal.

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Thank you!

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Have you read Stranger in a Strange land by Heinlein?

Yes, that book merely began the downhill slide that accelerated in Time Enough for Love. I have to say that The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Starship Troopers were awesome, so it's just later Heinlein books I dislike.

[Are you a gamer's widow?]

I walk the thin edge of addiction to WoW myself. I consider myself to not be addicted, though, because I am perfectly able to stop playing to fix and eat dinner, or go to a condo association meeting, or watch TV with my husband. I stop playing to read, to cross-stitch, to bake cookies, to dust or mop. When I stop playing I may not play again for days. I always return, though, because I simply enjoy playing. My son and DIL play together with my 16 year old grandson and his girlfriend. And me, too, of course. Geeks breed true.

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I'm a housewife, retired. I read, cook, bake, sew, and play WoW. And surf teh Interwebs.

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I genuinely enjoyed the whole Ender series. Did you know the author, Orson Scott Card, is LDS?

The worst book I ever read - or more accurately couldn't force myself to finish reading - was Moby Dick. The worst one I actually finished was Time Enough for Love by Robert Heinlein.