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• DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  You should read the book.

  The troops wear powered armor; they are fired out of giant guns at the planet; the Bugs carry weapons and know how to use them.

  Also, in the book the cool flying scene is that the troops hold off on getting into the retrieval craft because one guy is being carried back. They launch too late and are going to miss rendezvous with the mother ship. The female captain has to calculate and fly to save them.

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  • cannedtuna@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’ve read the book and have a copy on my shelf. It’s wildly different from the movie.

    Might I recommend Armor by John Steakley if you enjoyed Starship Troopers? Fantastic novel with a similar premise (powered armor, bugs, war on a foreign planet) but focuses much more on the PTSD and psychological aspect of warfare where Starship Troopers focuses more on doing your duty.

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    • DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I’ll see your ‘Armor’ and raise you ‘The Forever War.’ Joe Haldeman

      It has a very 1970’s take on sex, but the science is first rate and the story phenomenal.

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      • cannedtuna@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Ooh I’ve heard that title, but not read it. Throwing that on my list.

        I’ll read it after I finish Name of the Wind by Rothfuss. Enjoying the shit out of this one

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      • houndeyes@toast.ooo ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        The Forever War is really gud!

        There’s also John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War.

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• HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Thanks, should’ve recognised that one.

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