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Starship Troopers

Robert A. Heinlein · 1959 · Novel

Setting: far future

Synopsis

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. The novel opens with Rico aboard the corvette Rodger Young, about to embark on a raid against the planet of the "Skinnies," who are allies of the Arachnids. We learn that he is a cap(sule) trooper in the Terran Federation's Mobile Infantry.

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Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: FictionHugo Award WinnerScience fictionSpace warfareaward:hugo_award=1960award:hugo_award=novelLong Now Manual for CivilizationLarge type booksFiction, science fiction, action & adventureFiction, science fiction, general

isfdb_id: 1112

openlibrary_id: OL59740W

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