Wow - I had no idea. He was one of my favorite sci-fi authors in my late teens, and at that time I just read the books without context of the person writing the stories. I think I took Starship Troopers as being tongue in cheek at the time mostly because it was so far away from my personal beliefs.
Interestingly, I did re-read that particular book when I heard that they made a movie out of it, and remember being a bit surprised that they were able to extract enough of a story to make it worthwhile since it was a relatively quick read and not as immersive as some of his other works IMO.
