Starship Troopers
by Robert A. Heinlein
Taste attributes: science fictionwaractionmonster/alien/supernaturalunsavouryheavyimaginarysimplelinearbig & variedcoming of agefighting evil
Boxlist takeOtherworldly and wide-ranging: a science-fiction novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.8 / 5
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About This Book
Starship Troopers takes place in the midst of an interstellar war between the Terran Federation of Earth and the Arachnids (referred to as "The Bugs") of Klendathu. It is narrated as a series of flashbacks by Juan Rico, and is one of only a few Heinlein novels set out in this fashion.
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- Author
- Robert A. Heinlein
- Published
- 1959
- Pages
- 233
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