Starship Troopers
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Starship Troopers
The Hugo Award-winning novel that started the Military SF genre.
'The historians can't seem to settle whether to call this one 'The Third Space War' (or the fourth), or whether 'The First Interstellar War' fits it better. We just call it 'The Bug War'. Everything up to then and still later were 'incidents', 'patrols' or 'police actions'. However, you are just as dead if you buy the farm in an 'incident' as you are if you buy it in a declared war.'
5,000 years in the future, humanity faces total extermination. Our one defence: highly-trained soldiers who scour the metal-strewn blackness of space to hunt down a terrifying enemy: an insect life-form known only as 'Bugs'.
This is the story of trooper Johnny Rico, from his idealistic enlistment in the infantry of the future through his rigorous training to the command of his own platoon. And his destiny is a war that will span the galaxy.
Series: S.F. Masterworks
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Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein is highly praised, with reviews highlighting Heinlein's peak writing prowess in this military science fiction classic. It is described as a timeless and essential read, maintaining its significance since its publication. The book's excellence remains unmatched, showcasing military science fiction at its best.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781473217485
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 13 October 2016
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Gollancz
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 27.0mm
Width: 132.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 336g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) was educated at the University of Missouri and the US Naval Academy, Annapolis. He served as a naval officer for five years but retired in 1934 due to ill health. He then studied physics at UCLA before beginning to publish sf with 'Lifeline' for Astounding Science Fiction in 1939. Among his many novels are Stranger in a Strange Land, The Door into Summer, Double Star, Starship Troopers and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
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