Starship Troopers, (Paperback)

from Malarchy

Starship Troopers is one of the finest examples of science fiction ever produced. It races through the career of Johnnie Rico from his internal debate about joining the military through his career to eventual officer status. The description of intergalactic warfare is one that has permeated scien...

from Rosenectur

The movie is about 10 pages worth of story, out of the 300 or so pages of the book. The book is really excellent, and not quite as cheesy as the movie. Follows Johnnie Rico through his career in the Mobile Infantry (a kind of futuristic Marine Corp.) Is a very good, very real look at what life in...

from RaceBannon42

"I always get the shakes before a drop." Starship Troopers by Robert A Heinlein is a seminal novel of military Science Fiction. It won the Hugo for best novel in 1960 and has been sited or at least suggested as an influence on such award winning novels as The Forever War by Joe Haldeman, Ender's ...

from LisaMaria_C

Heinlein is one of my favorite authors and this is one of my favorite books by him. There are two Heinleins, and I don't much like the author responsible for Stranger in a Strange Land, I Will Fear No Evil and Time Enough for Love--although even in those books there is pleasure to be found in his...

from Aerrin99

I started to read this book as part of my 'read Sci Fi classics I somehow missed entirely in my adolescence' phase. Having seen the movie and enjoyed it for its campy fun, I was eager to dive in. (Although apparently the two bear very little resemblance.) I was rather dumbfounded at how much I en...