His optimistic view was overshadowed by the post-apocalyptic mood that seemed to grip scifi writers in the waning years of the 20th century. More, he was convinced that given a hint of whatever was behind the technology of that tyrant, American academics and engineers could reproduce and even better it. Heinlein was convinced that a well-educated American engineer or scientist could take on the most advanced tyrants in the universe.
In classic science fiction commonly the protagonist was an egg-head who was fully up to date on the newest radio technology, in this case a computer science professor has to shoulder the responsibility of saving the world. Joe average is quite literally yanked out of his calm, pleasant life and forced into a life or death situation not only for himself but for all of humanity. Swarm is just sufficiently full of true science and seasoned just enough with fiction to pass muster as something Heinlein would have written.
When you pick up this book, physically or digitally, be prepared to be unwilling to put it down until you finish it!
In all the years that have passed I have never before read a book that I would realistically compare with Heinlein. I read Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov in first edition. I have been reading science fiction for half a century.
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