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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
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: 4678
Studio: Ace
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Editorial Review:
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.
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This book is very political laying out the case for personal responsibility and the individuals responsibility to their community. Heinlein posits that citizens (who have the right to vote) are only made by sacrificing something for the common good (their service). From the perspective of a shock trooper (the protagonist) this has a very Spartan like sense to it.
Taken with Ayn Rands "Atlas Shrugged" or "The Fountainhead" you can get a pretty good sense of the philosophy of objectivism ... Read More
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"Starship Troopers" by Robert Heinlein is an excellent science fiction book. The book is different and better than the movie that was made from it. The main character, Johnnie Rico, is a bit of a surprise. Here is a hero, who is Hispanic. That was somewhat unusual for American fiction of the times. The story is centered more on the times when Johnnie is not on an active military mission. It is more about what goes on in Johnnie's head than about the shoot-em-up action scenes of the movie.
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More a sociopolitical drama than a space war, this story allows the reader to experience what joining the military of the future could be like.
Don't judge it by the movie, which was fun in a kitschy way. This is interesting, thought provoking stuff.
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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
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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
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