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Summary: Best Book EVER!
Review: This is the best book ever written and will be for a long time. Everybody should read it, if you haven't buy it now by clicking above. The schools should force kids to read it in school.
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Summary: Too Much Reality for Collectivists
Review: I read 'Starship Troopers' as a twelve-year old, and it's never lost its hard-edged, gritty fascination through countless re-reads. I've also read countless negative reviews of this book and, through it all, I discovered one thing: most of the people who hated it weren't too keen on freedom or liberty in general.Heinlein drew heavily on his Navy experience for the book and made Johnny Rico's career real down to the polish on his issue boots. If a writer can do that I'll give him praise, even if he upholds a philosophy diametrically opposed to mine (which Heinlein's mostly isn't). (See Ernest Callenbach's 'Ecotopia' and 'Ecotopia Emerging' for books I enjoyed despite my political and philosophical opposition.) That was Heinlein's secret: cultural-immersion sci-fi. You dreaded Sgt. Zim right along with the other boots, and you shared Johnny's wrenching break with his family. The master didn't have to build up the scene--he just slammed you in and left you to find your way. That's why so many lefties hate this book-they have to deal with the failure of their reality-denial mechanisms. Read up on Johnny's description of his History and Moral Philosophy lectures. Does the disintegrating American society DuBois recounts remind you of Bill Clinton's America? Way too reality-based for most of the right-brainers and emotion-thinkers on the left, no? Alas for the collectivist utopians, 'Starship Troopers' remains a possible plan for a future society-if we keep making the mistakes Heinlein saw being made in the fifties.
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Summary: The only text book I needed for PLDC, BNCOC and ANCOC
Review: I read Starship Troopers for the first time at the age of twelve and understood what it means to be a citizen. The battle between bugs and humans are simply a canvas Heinlein uses to teach a course in History and Moral Philosophy. Rights are purchased by the coin of responsibility. The concepts of honor, duty, country, have great meaning in life. Leadership is earned. Money is NOT everything; the best things in life are worth dying for. Read the book then think on the words of John Kennedy "Ask not what your Country can do for you, but what YOU can do for your Country. Then go earn your citizenship, enlist and remember there are other types of service then arms. Teach someone to read, build a house, fill up the food bank, or just give blood. That's what Starship Troopers is about.
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Summary: Brilliant!
Review: I have served in the army myself, and I must say that the description of the boot camp in this book is the most precise and close to the reality from what I've read! Extraordinary piece of writing - the movie totally butchered it.
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Summary: Skip it - Read "Forever War" or "Ender's Game" Instead
Review: I'm a big Heinlein fan but this one was for the dogs - poorly written, with no redeeming values. It's as if Heinlein was able to get away with publishing his first draft. For a FAR BETTER written novels on the same topic, read "Forever War", or even better, "Ender's Game".
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Summary: Masterful Science Fiction with a Dose of Social Conscience
Review: The ultimate sci-fi action novel from the true Master of the genre. Filled with inventive and gripping action that never releases you, written in a style that is sparse, but evocative. This book movingly describes the horrors of war and the courage of men who willingly fight it. Perhaps the finest work by this great writer.
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Summary: Heinlein Classic
Review: Even though it lacks the action you'd expect from a book called "Starship Troopers" it makes up with many important ideas (if you want action, simply see the mediocre movie of the same name - regretfully the suits were downsized for the film) It is boring in ways, but its more about the politics of war, not the execution. It reminds that war in the future is the same as war now and succeeds.
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Summary: It could have been better...
Review: Starship Troopers by Roberta Heinlein takes place in the distant future. The book mainly focuses on the character Johnny and his training in boot camp and experiences in war. He faces turmoil every day of his term. He was not always sure whether the M.I was right for him. Eventually he sticks it out and becomes Sergeant. As a Sergeant, Johnny is faced with many men to command, yet many more tasks to accomplish. Over time, Johnny becomes accustomed to making quick and important decisions. Johnny wants the Privates to have faith in his orders and to know that there are just as important to him as he is to them. My favorite scene is when Johnny falls into a bug hole thinking that he is going to die. However, the amount of bugs in the hole, shoot him out of it like a bullet. This book starts out very exciting and suspenseful. However, towards the middle it get very boring. Even at the exciting parts the author trails off. In conclusion, if you have a lot of patience this is a great book. Otherwise, it is boring. I give this book three and one-half stars. Submitted by Zack Shopsin, grade 10
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Summary: Enlightening social commentary
Review: Before choosing to read Starship Troopers readers should be aware that the author wrote the book as a vehicle for social commentary not as simply entertainment. Also the only thing the book and the movie really have in common is the title. Now some will still find this book very entertaining (I know I did) but those who are looking for non stop action and violence are going to be dissapointed. I was drawn to the book due to my own military background and one I started reading the book I found that I really identified with the main character and his experiences. But what really got me into this book was the social commentary it made me look at society and power structures within it in an entirely new way. I didn't totally agree with things the author said in his story but it got me thinking in new directions and to consider possibilities I had never before concieved. In short I loved this book and have loaned it and given out as a gift to many a friend.
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Summary: boring, incompetent, passe
Review: Using a supposedly futuristic setting, ST attempts to advocate a certain vision of a practical utopia. This utopia is essentially a simple blend of Kant, Hobbes, Spartan ideals, Roman citizenship and American values, washed down with a double dose of testosterone. Now there's nothing wrong with that. Some of those are philosophical giants and time-tested ideas. And I actually agree with a lot of the things ST was trying to say. But the way ST package these ideas are thoroghly boring, unoriginal and junvenile. About 200 of the 263 pages of this book is about how tough these REAL MEN are supposed to be. But there's no fist pumping actions like you see in the movie, instead you read over and over again how the recruits are put through the grinder with heavy workout, martial art practice, shooting practice, sleep deprivation, wilderness survival etc etc. I can see why some REAL MEN would enjoy reading pages after pages of training. But not for me thanks! There's absolutely no plotline to speak of. There's a half-developed conflict between the hero and his father, which was concluded by having the father becoming a private under the hero's command. The supposedly main plot of the book is the mental conflict within the hero on wether he wants to serve mankind or not, which was resolved by the hero deciding to ACT instead of to THINK. If it weren't for the fact that I was researching ST and similar science fictions, I wouldn't not have get past page 40. The worst part is, there's nothing in the rest of the book that's not already been said in the first 40 pages.
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