Mine is a somewhat boring answer, but bear with me - there's a tale behind this. You see, probably my favourite bit of older science fiction is Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers. That's obviously quite well-known, so nothing strange there, right?
But here's the thing. I read the book just before I went into the Army. I carried that copy into Basic Military Training, and ended up loaning it to friends looking for something to read. Yeah, I know a lot of it is Heinlein going off into weird places with strange political rants about the purpose of the military, what it means to be a soldier...but I was in exactly the right place in my life to really appreciate that book, and so were the guys I shared it with.
-- Acyl
But here's the thing. I read the book just before I went into the Army. I carried that copy into Basic Military Training, and ended up loaning it to friends looking for something to read. Yeah, I know a lot of it is Heinlein going off into weird places with strange political rants about the purpose of the military, what it means to be a soldier...but I was in exactly the right place in my life to really appreciate that book, and so were the guys I shared it with.
-- Acyl