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.
Robert A. Heinlein announced himself as a master of modern science fiction with Starship Troopers, his controversial take on modern military politics. His best-known novels include The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Stranger in a Strange Land.
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 9781473616110
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 206 g
Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 20 mm
Whilst this classic work is undoubtedly dated, it was also ahead of its time in terms of the depiction of women. Critics might suggest that the narrative is too reliant on the author's own military service or... More
Sci-fi that makes you think is always going to be controversial and heinlein was nothing if provocative with his writing. Some of the subjects explored in his other writing seem shocking but are done in a thought... More
Starship Troopers is your classic military sci-fi novel, but with more nuance and philosophy than I anticipated upon reading it for the first time. There are elements and certain character attitudes that certainly... More
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