From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #10891 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Saturday, March 11 2023 Volume 14 : Number 10891 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Our New Gen 3 Rangefinder With Slope Has Just Arrived ["Elite Eagle Eye" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 16:37:24 +0100 From: "Elite Eagle Eye" Subject: Our New Gen 3 Rangefinder With Slope Has Just Arrived Our New Gen 3 Rangefinder With Slope Has Just Arrived http://yetitundrasweep.shop/lxguBKQSWNL_5rp8lbs0uWcAxz7dLS9n4IpBWIf00-dldEbEPw http://yetitundrasweep.shop/-iGGhKMbSXisRTQA1T50sy6Gce6iqajxtnQdAuPhWWd_ysTpXg author Ken MacLeod has stated that "the political strand in [science fiction] can be described as a dialogue with Heinlein," although many participants in this dialogue disagree with Heinlein. Science fiction critic Darko Suvin states that Starship Troopers is the "ancestral text of US science fiction militarism" and that it shaped the debate about the role of the military in society for many years. In addition to his political views, Heinlein's ideas about a futuristic military as depicted in the novel were deeply influential among films, books, and television shows in later years. Roger Beaumont has suggested that Starship Troopers may some day be considered a manual for extraterrestrial warfare. Suvin refers to Juan Rico as the "archetypal Space Soldier". Starship Troopers included concepts in military engineering which have since been widely used in other fiction, and which have occasionally been paralleled by scientific research. The novel has been cited as the source of the idea of powered armor exoskeletons, which Heinlein describes in great detail. Such suits became a staple of military science fiction. Franchises that have employed this technology include Iron Man, Exo Squad, Halo, District 9, Elysium, and Edge of Tomorrow. During the shooting of the classic science fiction film Aliens, director James Cameron required the actors playing space marines to read Starship Troopers to understand their parts, and also cited it as an influence for the space drop, terms like "bug hunt", and the cargo-loader exoskeleton. Starship Troopers had a direct influence on many later science fiction stories. John Steakley's 1984 novel Armor was, according to the author, born out of frustrat ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #10891 ***********************************************