The ending of Armor is both devastatingly glorious and agonizingly inconclusive.Īll of the action is repetitive as can be. I think what is most compelling about the story is that it captures the brutality and savagery of war despite it being set on a distant planet while fighting Look, some books just stick with you and this is one of those books for me. Maybe that’s the reason for the unfinished plots and the lack of of some background stories.
Stakley the end, the “Antwar” was boring. I think a third story could have been fashioned out of the colony and the underground freedom fighters. I loved the book and thus overlooked its flaws, which are glaring. Why does he wear the armor? The parts with Felix were just awesome – I couldn’t put it down. By the end of the book, the symbolic hostility of the planet Banshee weaves a recurring theme. The book is like its main characters, hard on the outside but emotionally tender. Forgotten Authors: Why John Steakley’s ‘Armor’ and ‘Vampire$’ are Worth Remembering | LitReactor My only question is, why has this not been made into a movie? I would call it a deep space opera. The author included him just so we have a pair of eyes through which we can look at Felix. I would have loved to see where the story could go from here. I started this book at 3 in the after noon, and after a party finished it at in the morning. When they tried to find out what was going on, he blocked them. “Kent put me on the ship and sent me off, still in his armor the whole time. John Steakley’s ARMOR (, Daw) is regarded, in many ways, as a companion to Heinlein’s STARSHIP TROOPERS. The first, published in, was Armor, and while taking clear inspiration. John Steakley only published two relatively obscure novels in his life.
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