YMMV / World War

• Genius Bonus:
  • Straha's driver, bodyguard, and spy is only ever identified as "Gordon", without it ever specified if that is his first, last, or middle name. Nothing is ever stated directly, but there are hints that he is G. Gordon Liddy who was one of the chief members of the "Plumbers" working for Richard Nixon.
  • "The Doctor" is never given a name at all, but there are hints that he is Henry Kissinger.
• Values Resonance:
  • When the Lizards speak to humans with horror about males who use ginger to get females to mate with them, they are shocked when the humans (men and women) laugh it off. Given the problems with date rape drugs in our society today, modern readers are more likely to sympathize with the Lizards. Eventually, as is evident in Homeward Bound, the humans' sensibilities evolve to match those of the Lizards (as well as modern readers).
  • Similarly, The Race abhors torture in any form, and when a human asks about it one male replies "Do not make disgusting suggestions."