(urth) Urth Digest, Vol 51, Issue 18

[Adam Thornton]

On Nov 6, 2008, at 3:28 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:

>
> This is often repeated, and NOT true. You had to do a tour of  
> government
> service, but it did not have to be military. However, once you  
> volunteered,
> you went where they put you, so you could easily wind up in the  
> military
> without intending to.

This might be true.

It is certainly what _Expanded Universe_ says.

But it does not appear to be what the text of _Starship Troopers_ says.

There's an excellent essay by David Gifford examining this discrepancy.

http://www.nitrosyncretic.com/rah/ftp/fedrlsvc.pdf

Adam
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