Starship Troopers
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Pros
- Heinlein is awesome. Starship Troopers, Moon is A Harsh Mistress, Stranger in a Strange Land, Variable Star, Rocket Ship Galileo, that list goes on!
- Out of the several mid period books by Heinlein, the two favorites of mine are "Starship Troopers" and "Stranger in a Strange Land".
- I've seen Starship Troopers 17 times and that's also my favourite.
- for sci-fi, I would recommend: Dark City, Demolition Man, Gattaca, and Staship Troopers.
- If you're a fan of the Halo ODST trailer, I would 100% recommend this book.
Cons
- The movie is explicitly made like a propaganda piece, it's not subtle with it presented as a TV screen where the story is regularly interrupted by propaganda adverts. ... The whole movie is following a group of young soldiers enthusiasti...
Sentiment
12 positive (92%) · 1 mixed (8%) · 0 negative (0%)
Trust + time weighted score: +92% · raw score 92%
What redditors said (10 of 13)
Heinlein is awesome. Starship Troopers, Moon is A Harsh Mistress, Stranger in a Strange Land, Variable Star, Rocket Ship Galileo, that list goes on!
Out of the several mid period books by Heinlein, the two favorites of mine are "Starship Troopers" and "Stranger in a Strange Land".
I've seen Starship Troopers 17 times and that's also my favourite.
for sci-fi, I would recommend: Dark City, Demolition Man, Gattaca, and Staship Troopers.
The movie is explicitly made like a propaganda piece, it's not subtle with it presented as a TV screen where the story is regularly interrupted by propaganda adverts. ... The whole movie is following a group of young soldiers enthusiastically taking part in a war of conquest and genocidal extermination.
If you're a fan of the Halo ODST trailer, I would 100% recommend this book.
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein is a seminal scifi novel that takes place in the distant future. It's about a young man, Juan (Johnnie) Rico who joins the Army and becomes a proud member of the Mobile Infantry (MI) which is the future version of paratroopers.
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein is a seminal scifi novel that takes place in the distant future. ... If you're a fan of the Halo ODST trailer, I would 100% recommend this book.
*Starship Troopers* by Robert A. Heinlein.
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