Starship Troopers
Books | Fiction / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure
3.8
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Robert A. Heinlein
In Robert A. Heinlein’s controversial Hugo Award-winning bestseller, a recruit of the future goes through the toughest boot camp in the Universe—and into battle against mankind’s most alarming enemy...Johnnie Rico never really intended to join up—and definitely not the infantry. But now that he’s in the thick of it, trying to get through combat training harder than anything he could have imagined, he knows everyone in his unit is one bad move away from buying the farm in the interstellar war the Terran Federation is waging against the Arachnids.Because everyone in the Mobile Infantry fights. And if the training doesn’t kill you, the Bugs are more than ready to finish the job...“A classic…If you want a great military adventure, this one is for you.”—All SciFi
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Author
Robert A. Heinlein
Pages
352
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
1987-05-15
ISBN
1101500425 9781101500422
Ratings
Google: 4.5
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"From Mr. Phethean"
Alaina
"Someone already said, very much a war novel. It was interesting and the philosophy was interesting too but it’s not very sci-fi. It is in terms of they have futuristic weapons and are even fighting aliens but that is not at all the focus of the book. "
Jennifer Fuentes-Roseñada
"Really interesting book. Highly recommend"
Catherine Schroder
"Just finished listening to the audiobook. To add onto my original comment this is totally unlike the movie and is really a deep commentary on a soldiers life and duty in general. It’s a little dry at times but overall a good read or listen. Knowing that the book was written in the 40s/50s it seems appropriate the topics touched on for the time and is a good parellel to the believes and values in America at the time."
Josh Sepos
"An awesome surprise. This book wasn't the trashy science fiction pulp I thought it would be, but a philosophical novel about democracy, war, and the need for a military. Written in a strange American time after the Korean war but before the much more involved Vietnam war, this book captures political opinions I haven't given much thought to before."
Andrew Greene
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