Value

[heyejanli]

I loves me some Robert Heinlein for myriad reasons.  Today I was reading Starship Troopers which I've never read before, surprisingly.  I avoided the book for a long time after the gore fest that was the movie.  As usual when reading Heinlein, I found a ridiculously insightful section about a topic I care about - in this case, value.  Since I'm

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[heyejanli]

Also, R and S might be interested in this usage note for the "myriad" entry in Merriam Webster online:

Recent criticism of the use of myriad as a noun, both in the plural form myriads and in the phrase a myriad of, seems to reflect a mistaken belief that the word was originally and is still properly only an adjective. As the entries here show, however, the noun is in fact the older form, dating to the 16th century. The noun myriad has appeared in the works of such writers as Milton (plural myriads) and Thoreau (a myriad of), and it continues to occur frequently in reputable English. There is no reason to avoid it.

[ratontheroad]

I do like the use of the word myriad in the first line, and I'm posting this to my livejournal, just so the people who brought it up can eat it.

[firebeexlt]

Haha. As I guess you've now discovered, the movie and the book have the same name, but not much else.

As for me, I'm woefully behind on my Heinlein other than Starship Troopers. I shall not, for the sake of my dignity, list the books I haven't read...

[heyejanli]

Glory Road is my favorite Heinlein book. I'll try to have it on hand to lend to you next time I see you. Have you dropped the game?

[firebeexlt]

I have for the moment; I don't know yet when I'll be able to get back to it.