I didn’t know that; which is odd because I used to work for that well known toy soldier company that stole “Space Marines” from that story, and aliens from that Giger fella, Dark Elves from Marvel, and…
The movie got played a lot on the work bar’s big screen, and was blatantly a big influence, but I’ve never gotten around to reading the novel, though I have read lots of other Heinlein. He’s become a bit of an acquired taste these days, but I do love that movie.
