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by: Robert A. Heinlein
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780441783588
ISBN: 0441783589
Label: Ace
Manufacturer: Ace
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: May 15, 1987
Publisher: Ace
Sales Rank: 9698
Studio: Ace
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Product Description:
A recruit of the future goes through the toughest boot camp in the universe and into battle with the Terran Mobile Infantry against humankind's most frightening enemy. Reissue.
Amazon.com Review:
Juan Rico signed up with the Federal Service on a lark, but despite the hardships and rigorous training, he finds himself determined to make it as a cap trooper. In boot camp he will learn how to become a soldier, but when he graduates and war comes (as it always does for soldiers), he will learn why he is a soldier. Many consider this Hugo Award winner to be Robert Heinlein's finest work, and with good reason. Forget the battle scenes and high-tech weapons (though this novel has them)--this is Heinlein at the top of his game talking people and politics.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Not what it's believed to be.
What many people consider to the grandfather of all military science fiction is really the grandfather of political science fiction. Is that really a bad thing? Well, yes and no. One characteristic of science fiction/speculative fiction is creating a wholly new world or civilization and Heinlein did exactly that. The problem is that it is an extremely boring read. Out of 263 pages (Ace edition) only maybe fifty pages are dedicated to actual descriptions of combat and technology. The rest is a massive ... Read More
Rating:  - All I can say is.. Wow..
This book is fantastic
Keeps you absorbed
I thought I was not going to like it due to the lack of action, but no way. I loved it
Anyone can read and appreciate this book
Conclusion: Buy it, you will love it
Rating: - Details the Life of a Grunt
Robert Heinlein's classic of both science fiction and military fiction drama was published nearly fifty years ago. While set in the future, with spaceships and battles with aliens, this book gives a grunt's level view of what being a ground pounder in the infantry is like. The language is cleaned up for the 1950s, but some simple substitution of words and you may think you were watching a recent episode of Generation Kill on HBO.
This is a great book, exciting, with vivid detail. I highly ... Read More
Rating:  - One of a Kind
Starship Troopers is a controversial book. If you look at the debate over it, you will see words like "militaristic" and "fascist" bandied about, as liberals and even moderate conservatives decry its message. And the message of Starship Troopers is definitely pro-military. Indeed, it's hard to believe the man who wrote Stranger in a Strange Land, with its promotion of free love, also penned Starship Troopers. Robert Heinlein was a complex man.
This is a novel that could very well convince high ... Read More
Rating: - Apes of God
Author Robert A. Heinlein will bring you a well crafted book of war, politics, science fiction and then some. It's a complete package. Some of the ideas expressed in this book are still both, current & revolutionary. Johnny Rico & friends enrole in the military and start cleaning the universe from every possible enemy that human kind encounters. In the process of war a lot of politics and rules engages the readers attention and make you want to read even more. You might agree or you might not. What ... Read More
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