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It's been 20 years since I read "The Forever War", but the author's description matches my memory. (And I have read most of the other books she describes, and
by GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
It's been 20 years since I read "The Forever War", but the author's description matches my memory. (And I have read most of the other books she describes, and didn't see anything that was incorrect).
- dudul 11y agoI got my hand on the "extended" version less than a couple years ago (one with some part of the story "on earth" that was removed in the first published version) and went through it pretty recently. I re-iterate that IMO the author is cherry-picking 2 tiny parts (literally 3 lines) to make their point while the book is filled with counter-examples. It is made abundantly clear during the story that men and women are treated exactly the same, the group of conscripts is equally divided 50/50, sometimes officers are men, sometimes they are women, everyone is forced to follow the schedule of "bed buddy", etc. I haven't read the other books so no opinion, and I am not contesting the point of the post, but it's a major turn-off for me to misuse an example like that - especially when it's such a great book.