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Post by rivercaracas on Nov 27, 2012 2:05:05 GMT -5
Anybody read this classic? I just picked it up, and it is fantastic. The only obstacle to creating a human force is the lack of power armor appropriate for the rank and file warriors.
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Post by timvidlak on Nov 28, 2012 5:54:09 GMT -5
Great book, I'll keep an eye out for something that is currently available to use for the Power Armor. If I find anything I will post it here.
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Post by RuneCaster_Aris on Nov 28, 2012 10:59:12 GMT -5
I've been looking for this book for some time. I hear it's similar to starship troopers in concept.
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Post by rivercaracas on Dec 8, 2012 7:27:24 GMT -5
Quite similar; it focuses more on the human cost of war than on ideology, and contains quite a bit more action. I would say it is even grittier than Starship Troopers.
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Post by timvidlak on Dec 9, 2012 0:08:44 GMT -5
If your looking for a copy of this book I found a couple copies for sale on e-Bay.
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Post by blooddave on Feb 27, 2013 15:47:09 GMT -5
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Post by demonetrigan on Feb 28, 2013 2:55:19 GMT -5
Amazon UK have it. Interesting that the multi buy deal for me was Armour, Starship troopers and Forever war  |
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Post by lordvankar44 on Apr 12, 2013 16:19:13 GMT -5
I got Armor years ago and have read it about three times now. I love any story about power armor. This one in particular was cool with the one character learning/reliving the experience of how another character lived and fought in the armor, and fighting in a trench system against bugs of all things. It's almost like a WH40K battle.
Anyway, get the book, it is worth it if you are a hardcore sci fi fan.
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Post by hamilton on Apr 14, 2013 0:13:49 GMT -5
I have loved Armor since my first reading many years ago. I highly recommend it. I also suggest visiting the unofficial John Steakley page at johnsteakley.comIn the navbar on the right, there is an excerpt from Armor 2, which will now never be realized due to John's passing. In the Stories section, there is a great short story called 'The Bluenose Limit', go read that one immediately. |
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Post by davicusprime on Aug 2, 2013 16:35:25 GMT -5
I've read both Armor and Starship Troopers and they are pretty different aside from the use of powered armor.
Starship Troopers focused on what it is to be a soldier... A soldier in a freaking Powered suit with jump jets and tactical nukes. And included the usual speculative future of the culture and society and how the military fit into it you expect from the likes of Heinlein.
Armor was other men vicariously viewing a suit's operator logs from a found suit of power armor. It didn't have the same depth and insight into the character of the suit's previous owner as the logs couldn't record things that didn't happen while wearing the suit. Lots of things remain a mystery such as the character's origins, why he joined the military, why did he seem to be fleeing from some unknown past. And it really didn't get into the society/culture that was happening beyond the recorded battles on the suit.
I liked both books, but for very different reasons.
-DavicusPrime
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Post by hamilton on Aug 3, 2013 9:37:35 GMT -5
Lots of things remain a mystery such as the character's origins, why he joined the military, why did he seem to be fleeing from some unknown past. /quote] I think these questions were answered very satisfactorily in the book. |
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