• LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    There’s a book by John Steakley called Armor that reminds me a lot of Starship Troopers and really captures the feel of an embattled military operation.

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      11 months ago

      Armor

      I’m wondering if I read this. There are two points that I remember. First they were going through whatever device to another world and he gets a bad feeling and against protocol he readies his weapon before he goes through. And thus is one of the only survivors. The second part I remember is him or another person got snuck up on by one of the insects, and someone was bugging them imitating how a huge insect would sneak up on someone. Is that the book?

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        11 months ago

        Yeah. Basically there’s this on going war, the Ant War, with any like alien creatures. There’s high casualty cost like in Starship Troopers and the main character is infantry. Most infantry only survive a couple drops but he’s done like 60 or something.

        It’s in my queue to read again.

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          11 months ago

          I’m not asking what the book is about. The question is more along the lines of: do you remember the points I outlined happening in Armor? Because I’m trying to remember if that’s the book.

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            11 months ago

            End of your comment:

            Is that the book?

            Beginning of mine:

            Yeah.

            Not sure why you’re confused.

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              11 months ago

              Yeah but then the rest of the reply (the entire context of how yeah was used) was about something else entirely.

              *Lol 3 downvotes in a 2 week old thread? Tell me you’re using alts without telling me you’re using alts.

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      To reach out to the modern people, I really think that we need to move away from books. Attention spans are getting a shorter, and who the fuck has the time to read a book? I think we need media to update themselves for the times if they want to message to reach the largest audience possible

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        1 year ago

        I read lots of books and, honestly, I often find them more compelling than most visual media. When I read a book I see the world and the characters in my imagination. When I remember books I read I remember the visuals from my imagination, not the body of that text.

        I do like being able to share the experience through movies and shows with other people though.

        I suppose being one of those old millennials I’m not really representative of that younger changing culture anymore.