Starship Troopers, Chapter 11, the protagonist is on leave from the war. He describes a strip of bars, pawn shops, dives, strip joints, tattoo parlors, and book stores outside the base.
Then Our Hero, Rico, narrates ..
If you are able to get past these traps, through having already been bled of all valuta, there are still other places in the city almost as satisfactory. I mean there are girls there, too. Which are provided free by a grateful populace. Much like the social center in Vancouver, these are, but even more welcome.
A brothel, by golly, run by the city. Take a number, soldier, the wait time is 20 minutes.
My mind is in the gutter. It's the USO that is free. Sure.
Heinlein was careful, he had a way with prose.
That ain't no accidental clunker of an ambiguous sentence.
Then Our Hero, Rico, narrates ..
If you are able to get past these traps, through having already been bled of all valuta, there are still other places in the city almost as satisfactory. I mean there are girls there, too. Which are provided free by a grateful populace. Much like the social center in Vancouver, these are, but even more welcome.
A brothel, by golly, run by the city. Take a number, soldier, the wait time is 20 minutes.
My mind is in the gutter. It's the USO that is free. Sure.
Heinlein was careful, he had a way with prose.
That ain't no accidental clunker of an ambiguous sentence.
