‘Starfist’ series follows path Heinlein tread in ‘Starship Troopers’
14th February 2006
From Blogcritics:
In Robert Heinlein’s classic novel Starship Troopers, he largely embraced the notion of a human military which operated along the same paradigms as the contemporary version, albeit with a few more toys (indeed, many people are still enamored of the idea of a self-contained “army of one” inside a super-powered suit of armor, as evidenced by the enduring popularity of the Xbox game Halo).
The Starfist series, written by Dan Cragg and David Sherman, walks a similar path. An ongoing exploration of the combat infantry units of the future, it employs a “grunt’s eye” view of military activities, complete with heroic marines and moronic commanders. The latest installment, Flashfire, does a pretty good job of describing a futuristic civil war.