Starship Troopers
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IMDB rating: 6.80 Plot: In the distant future high school kids are encouraged to become citizens by joining the military. What they don’t know is that they’ll soon be engaged in a full scale war against a planet of alien insects. The fight is on to ensure the safety of humanity. |
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Actors: Van Dien Casper,Busey Jake,Harris Neil Patrick,Brown Clancy,Gilliam Seth,Muldoon Patrick,Ironside Michael,Bell Marshall,Bruskotter Eric,Levin Matt,Ruivivar Anthony,Action,Adventure,Sci-Fi,Thriller,
Christmas gift? Opinions please?
I know this is kind of a silly question. I’m going to ask it anyways, cause others opinions can be really helpful! 
So this is mine and my boyfriends (that’s probably not correct grammar, sorry.) first Christmas together and I’ve been loosing sleep over what to get him! I’ve finally come up with something and I’m not sure if its a good idea or not. This is where your answers come in! 
I’m thinking about getting him the book "Starship Troopers" anyone who has read this, knows it’s a well written, good book. (Actually a classic) and I think he might enjoy it. He reads a lot of books on wars like World War 1 and 2. This book is about wars and other things (including general life/reality, politics, etc.) so it’s in his range (although, this is science-fiction).
I’m just not sure if he’d be disappointed to get a BOOK for Christmas or not. Is that a no-no for your first Christmas together?
I think I’d prolly get him something else small too. Like some candy or something along those lines. (He says Snickers are "the best candy in existence" so maybe that?)
I’m just not really sure if this is a good idea! Please help?
Thank you so much! :]
If he’s into sci-fi and war stories, here’s mix of the two I found a spellbinding read:
Harry Turtledove’s
Guns of the South.
Below is a synopsis of it:
Long Synopsis: In The Guns of the South, Turtledove takes one of the most dramatic, bloody, and tumultuous episodes in our life as a nation, the Civil War, and vividly imagines what might have been had the rebels prevailed. In the unusually cold winter of 1864, General Robert E. Lee finds himself and his Army of Northern Virginia huddled on the banks of the Rapidan, trying to fight a war despite meager rations and a terrible lack of equipment-indeed, some of his men do not even have shoes. But when Lee finds a way to arm his forces, the tide suddenly turns; the rebels win a decisive victory at the Battle of Wilderness. Lee presses his advantage, marching on Washington. But if Lincoln surrenders, and the Confederacy can negotiate independence from the Union, there remain many obstacles to peace. The disputed states of Kentucky and Missouri must be accommodated. And the matter of slavery itself will threaten the newly independent Confederate States with fresh factional strife. Indeed, with victory come difficult choices for Robert E. Lee. War has worn down his health. His invalid wife lives for the day the two of them can finally build a peaceful life together. His days of service should be drawing to a close. Yet set against Lee’s personal desires is the prospect of watching his beloved land squander the freedom that he and his men fought so desperately to win. Not for his own ambition but because duty calls, Lee will find himself faced with the price of triumph. Mixing masterfully drawn historical and fictional characters, Turtledove brings to life the turmoil of a people in crisis. Here are the details of what it was like to fight in a Confederate army transformed from ragged to victorious: letters written home on scraps of wallpaper, "coffee" brewed from chicory and burnt grain, the fieryBattle of Wilderness, the march into Washington City and into confrontation with Lincoln, with the negotiations between the United States and the Confederate States of America. Turtledove also takes us into conversations between General Lee and Confederate President Jefferson Davis and fascinating exchanges between Lee and Grant in their roles as keepers of the peace in a land divided. A highly original and extraordinary vision of history as it both was and could have been, The Guns of the South will take its place alongside the most exciting historical fiction ever written about the War Between the States.
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