Starship Troopers – More Like Poopers

Starship Troopers came to me by way of Ian Simmons of Kicking the Seat. We regularly unite on his YouTube channel and podcast for his Page2Screen series to discuss books and their adaptations, for better or worse. Latest in the long line of adaptations is Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein’s military sci-fi of yore. For a…

Making A Point – Too Like The Lightning Vs. Stranger In A Strange Land

I read two notable books over the last two months, Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein, and Too Like the Lightning, by Ada Palmer. They are both science fiction novels, the first is one of the most famous from the last era, and the second is a new entry that is making waves.…