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Summary: A creative military SCI-FI book that was good.
Review: First I read Heinlein's book "Red Planet" and I really liked it. Then the movie came out and looked like I would like it. When I saw it I loved the movie. Then I read the book and loved it even more. The book made the movie look terrible. The book had a better story and a easier understanding to it. I can't believe that the maker of the Starship Troopers movie ruined the movie by changing almost all the important details that the book had.
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Summary: A true science fiction classic, one of Heinlein's best.
Review: An intriguing book, very interesting, one of Heinlein's best, I could go on and on. This book was a science fiction classic for decades before it was made a movie.
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Summary: Know what you are getting in for
Review: This is a very decent work of science fiction, but it is not a big combat bonanza. If you want that look at Steakley or David Drake, this book explores some dense and frightening political ideology but in a realistic way that makes you wonder if heinlein believed it would work or not. Try it, but know what you are getting into.
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Summary: Disturbing, thought-provoking, fascinating
Review: I couldn't put it down. Nothing to do with the "action", of-course (I haven't seen the movie). The way Heinlein expresses his ideas, and the ideas themselves, are interesting, provocative, "makes you think..."
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Summary: This is an important book.
Review: Long before it was a violent movie with gory special effects, Starship Troopers was a book about patriotism, honor, and morality. This has long been my favorite Heinlein story. Peppered with quotes by famous military leaders and American historical figures, this book is by turns thought-provoking, amusing, inspiring, and exciting. Mike Royko once told of seeing an anti-Vietnam war protester holding a sign that read, "Nothing is worth dying for." Heinlein reminds us that if you think nothing is worth dying for, you have to wonder what you are living for.
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Summary: Why does everybody rate this book so high?
Review: This is easily the worst RAH book and the only one I wasn't able to finish. It's boring, militaristic and depressing. Save time and money - or buy STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND!
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Summary: Characters are the most important part of any story...
Review: and there are no characters to really care about and hardly any character development. I enjoyed listening to the philosophical discussions more than anything else in the book but there was not much else. At least in the movie version there was a love triangle between characters that was interesting but unfortuantely the entire movie was poorly acted among various other problems.
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Summary: It was a good book but not the best I have ever read
Review: Starship Troopers was not too bad. I liked the whole idea about mankinds struggle against this race of bugs. I didnt like the fact that much of the book was just about the main character going through training, it made it seem like it was a boot camp survival training book and not this futuristic war. I read the book before I saw the movie and once again the book is better. The book holds many more interesting twists than the movie did. However the ending of the book and the movie I felt were disapointing. The book captures you and then the ending doesnt cap it off with the knowledge you would like to have. I would still recomend this book though.
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Summary: The Holy Bible of Sci-Fi readers!!
Review: This book is THE book that every SF reader should read to call himself a SF reader. It's the world and goverment in the book that got me. When the teacher compared bringing up a puppy to the 20th century goverment we have now. It made me look at the way our world works and think we were doing a bad job of maintaining the world. I think the some one with power in the goverment should read this book and think about our world. The Federal Service idea was amazing. I don't know how Heinlein came up with this idea but it is amazing. The "powered suit" idea was great and the idea of the Arachnids was amazing also. This book is the best Sci-Fi book ever and I wish I could have met Heinlein and told him what a great book he wrote.
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Summary: OKAY, COOL FUTURE, STRICT POLITICS
Review: I was rather discouraged and, to be honest, downright bored by the book's constant rambling chock-full of military terminology and philosophy. I only agree with some of Heinlein's Starship Trooper politics; but they're somewhat menacing, like "no human has any rights" type statements. I picked up this book expecting, more or less, an action-packed, warlike adventure with a futuristic army versus vile, monstrous aliens. That's basically the situation featured in the novel, but what I really got was a long-winded glob of philosophy, hoping some cool war stuff are technology or more Bug descriptions would come soon. I like Juan "Johnny" Rico better when he was a young recruit/soldier, than a military career soldier.The movie was darn more exciting, however inaccurate. IT WAS NOT POORLY MADE!!!!! It could have been more accurate to the story. I do recommend this book, so don't get me wrong, just make sure you're ready more or less for a military description of the post-WWII-when-created future.
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