Armor

Although I have not read a bunch of military fiction (especially if you discount all the Joe Ledger books.) But I do enjoy it if it is well written. The Forever War is one of my favorite stories ever written, and as I get older, I seem to enjoy it more. And that is what Armor reminded me of. There have been lots of comparisons to Starship Troopers. But to be honest, if there is a comparison it should be to the movie Starship Troopers, which was just an Action Romp. Anyway, war is bad, the soldiers are just fodder for the machines of war and the military hierarchy, the survivors suffer just as much after the battle is over, oh yeah, and war is bad.

It sounds like I did not enjoy this book, but I really did. It is unfortunate that John Steakley wrote only two novels in his life. I really enjoyed his writing.