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Summary: Loved The Book!! - Disliked the ending!
Review: I must admit, I read this book because I heared it was going to be a movie. I was under the impresion it would be a shoot'm up kinda novel, especialy based on the start (Whew!). I was suprised how it was more on the millitary mindset . It realy made me think again about the millitary, not as to join or not but, what people see in the service.
Well as to the ending, I want to know If there is another book that continues the saga?
Good Book!
To Sony: If you's Guyz mezz this one up... Get out of the movie buisness
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Summary: One of my personal favorites.
Review: I've started to hoard this book whenever I find it in print or at library sales (I have three copies currently); its that good! Hoarding helps me make it throught the periods when its out of print. I've read it dozens of times and will only throw a copy out when its falling apart. The ideas may be too strong for some in today's politically correct society, but so was a democracy 225 years ago. Heinlein always pushed the boundries. When you read it (not an IF thing), embrace the things you like about his political and moral philosophies and question your own opinions and beliefs on the things you don't agree with. Heinlein may not always be right, but he'll make you work to defend your own beliefs.
Heinlein's discussions of understanding and accepting bootcamp can be easily understood by anyone who played an organized sport and has experienced a "hump". I can't see the movie coming close to the book. At best the movie will be an action film documenting the mythical war described in the book. Kind of like a Dirty Harry movie trying to explain what being a cop is like. Entertaining, but not representative
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Summary: An excellent book for its controversial ideas
Review: Certainly the best of Heinlein's books I have read, this is one of the masters of Science Fiction when his ideas were fresh and new, not the subject of endless other books. And yes, it is a book about ideas, some of them quite extreme. It is not a book for readers with closed minds or who are easily offended, for Heinlein's unique beliefs are guaranteed to clash with the reader's in one way or another.
But for those who are not afraid to have their beliefs challenged, Starship Troopers presents a fascinating thesis in a believable, well written package. It is, as has been mentioned by many other reviewers, an excellent read regardless of whether you end up agreeing with any of the ideas presented within, and I believe that most people who are honest with themselves will find that many of its often radical notions resonate with them on a personal, if not political, level.
As a final note, none of the above applies to the movie, which I have not seen.
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Summary: One of Heinlein's best
Review: What? They are going to rape this novel like they did "Puppet Masters"? I thought they allready made most of this movie - it was called "Aliens". "Is this going to be a rescue mission or another bug hunt?"
I loved this book as a teenager when I first read it. Now that I go back and read it again, I get so much more out of it
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Summary: And The Truth Will Set You Free ...
Review: Has it only been 15 years since ST was published? Nah, it has to have been at least 20. I know the renewed interest has to be because of the movie's coming out shortly. Well, it looks like they put the soldiers in Roman helmets (had to SEE the hero's FACE-right? I predict it will be a poorer rendition than the Puppet Masters). With dozens of reader reviews below, what's left unsaid? Well, everyone focused on the novel's sociology, but missed the technology (apparently the movie does too [but I haven't seen it, yet]). What a huge techical leap to put men into armored mechanized suits, making them the equivalent to an armored tank, but far more mobile and responsive. It is apparently an advance that the politics of our military has overlooked. But then so was the dive bomber, etc. The military is not much for innovation that necessitates changing its basic structure (army, air force, navy, marines). The innovation in Heinlein's book leaves only navy and marines (the navy's boats fly, and the grunts in suits do the killing and breaking of things). That's my counter-viewpoint. Read it, and share it with a friend! {Copyright 1997 Nathan Ray Stephenson
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Summary: Deep thought, some action, great combo!
Review: I'm 16, and I really don't see how ST could have been written for adolescents, I've tried to loan it to my friends and only some of them understand it. The book really isn't high on action, only the beginning and end have any actions scenes. The real beauty of this novel is the political statement, which is militaristic, right-wing, and yet at the same time eliminates all of the(in my opinion, of course) really annoying right wing philosophies, mainly racism and over-religiousness.
Of course, that's just me, I agree with the thing; I'm not qualified to say what you'll think of it
if, for example, you're Jesse Jackson. All I can
say is that the ideas are well written, woven into
the story, and supported. Oh, and one more thing:
THE MOVIE WILL NOT, repeat NOT NOT NOT NOT be ANYTHING AT ALL like the book. I'm seeing it anyway, out of loyalty, same as I'm seeing Alien4,
despite the fact that Alien3 was the worst movie in the history of the world. Aliens is the best movie ever.
So just keep that in mind, and if the opportunity
presents itself, read the thing.
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Summary: BIG Impact on Teenage Boys: Made Me a Goldwaterite (Briefly)
Review: Read this book first in boarding school in early 1960s. What is memorable about it is the war (such as it is); the CLASSROOM COLLOQUIES -- which should have been a rather awkward way for an aging Heinlein to get his philosophy across but WORKED GREAT anyhow; a society in which the right to vote was given only to military veterans.... Ranks below TUNNEL IN THE SKY in the Heinlein oeuvre, but still a classic. (Until the very end, even bad Heinlein was great.) You can't attain to SciFi literacy without reading it (even if it is crypto-fascist; and let's not kid ourselves: NOT A FEW SciFi writers have had even more reactionary dispositions and agendas....)
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Summary: Good book, Bad political philosophy
Review: Starship Troopers was quite interesting, and the action scenes, the relationships between characters, and the powerful descriptions were superb. However, I can niether like nor defend Robert Heinlein's radical political beliefs which he incoporates into the book. The concept of federal service in this oppressive society didn't bother me, but how Heinlein tried to justify it was. He tries to explain that nothing should be free, even basic civil rights, with absurd logic. The corporal punishment idealology and claims that democracy is a poor government were pathetic as well. Then again, Socrates, the well-respected Greek philosopher, thought democracy was a poor government as well, and people still think he was wise, just confused. I feel the same about Heinlein and Starship Troopers. If you can ignore Heinlein's political views, you'll like this book
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Summary: One of the Best Books ever written!!!!!!
Review: I first read Starship Troopers about 3 or 4 years ago. I found that once I started I just couldn't put it down. Starship Troopers in this readerrs opinion is one of the best books ever written. I have worn my copy out from repeated reading. The conscious struggle that the main character goes through is so real from breaking away from his father to deciding that a military career is right for him. The relationships that he carries on throughout the book give real insight into his personalitiy. This book is truely one of the best books that this reader has ever read and I give it a resounding 10
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Summary: Boring Waste of Time
Review: I can barely describe my disappointment after finally settling down to read Troopers after 35 years of SF. Ninety percent of the "action" takes place in the protagonist's head; sorry, but boot camp ruminations are B-O-R-I-N-G. One hopes that the movie version will replace this right-wing proselytizing with an actual plot
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