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Are there any other good philosophical fiction books like starship
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2016-01-19 21:50:20 Post No. 7603455
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Anonymous 2016-01-19 21:50:20 Post No. 7603455 [Report]
Are there any other good philosophical fiction books like starship troopers? Doesn't have to be Sci-Fi.
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Anonymous 2016-01-19 21:51:33 Post No.7603461
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Anonymous 2016-01-19 21:51:33 Post No.7603461 [Report]
Of course there are.
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Anonymous 2016-01-19 21:52:04 Post No.7603463
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Anonymous 2016-01-19 21:52:04 Post No.7603463 [Report]
>>7603461
Can't find anything, tried Old Man's war, it sucked.
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Anonymous 2016-01-19 21:57:17 Post No.7603486
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Anonymous 2016-01-19 21:57:17 Post No.7603486 [Report]
>>7603463
Most literature is 'philosophical'
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Anonymous 2016-01-19 22:12:57 Post No.7603524
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Anonymous 2016-01-19 22:12:57 Post No.7603524 [Report]
The Dispossessed - Le Guin
The Forever War - Haldeman
The Death of Ivan Illych - Leo Tolstoy
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Anonymous 2016-01-20 08:49:47 Post No.7605034
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Anonymous 2016-01-20 08:49:47 Post No.7605034 [Report]
Wasn't starship troopers intended to be serious but came out a joke?
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Anonymous 2016-01-20 08:52:14 Post No.7605038
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Anonymous 2016-01-20 08:52:14 Post No.7605038 [Report]
Starship Troopers is so blunt about everything
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Anonymous 2016-01-20 08:56:22 Post No.7605049
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Anonymous 2016-01-20 08:56:22 Post No.7605049 [Report]
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I think you're confusing the book with the movie. The Verhoeven film was a le witty satire of the original with cheesy action sequences and over the top jingoism.
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Anonymous 2016-01-20 09:06:10 Post No.7605058
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Anonymous 2016-01-20 09:06:10 Post No.7605058 [Report]
>>7603455
Most of Lem, start with Cyberiad. Also
>ST >philosophical
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Anonymous 2016-01-20 09:43:08 Post No.7605088
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Anonymous 2016-01-20 09:43:08 Post No.7605088 [Report]
>>7603455
Dune.

>>7605038
Not always a bad thing.
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