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Starship Troopers

Authors:
Robert A. Heinlein (author) and James Warhola (covers)
Language:
English
Original language:
English
Publisher:
Ace Books
Categories:
Novel and science fiction
Publication year:
1987
Original publication year:
1959
ISBN:
0-441-78358-9
Synopsis:

A classic military SF book. An alien arachnid race launches a meteor upon unsuspecting Earth which crushes Buenos Aires, plunging the two races into war.

Review:

There's a lot of monolog from the protagonist's teacher in History and Moral Philosophy, Jean V. Dubois. For me, this is really the meat of the book. The rest is character development and furtherance of the story.

There is a movie based on the novel with the same name, and it follows the novel really closely. The only things missing from it are the jump-suits the troopers wear and the so-called neo-dogs, dogs with their intelligence amped to approximately human retardedness level that are used for reconnaissance.

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