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Starship Troopers
Robert A. Heinlein
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Description for Starship Troopers
Hardback. The Hugo Award-winning novel that started the Military SF genre. Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 205 x 25. Weight in Grams: 356.
'The historians can't seem to settle whether to call this one 'The Third Space War' (or the fourth), or whether 'The First Interstellar War' fits it better. We just call it 'The Bug War'. Everything up to then and still later were 'incidents', 'patrols' or 'police actions'. However, you are just as dead if you buy the farm in an 'incident' as you are if you buy it in a declared war.' 5,000 years in the future, humanity faces total extermination. Our one defence: highly-trained soldiers who scour the metal-strewn ... Read more
'The historians can't seem to settle whether to call this one 'The Third Space War' (or the fourth), or whether 'The First Interstellar War' fits it better. We just call it 'The Bug War'. Everything up to then and still later were 'incidents', 'patrols' or 'police actions'. However, you are just as dead if you buy the farm in an 'incident' as you are if you buy it in a declared war.' 5,000 years in the future, humanity faces total extermination. Our one defence: highly-trained soldiers who scour the metal-strewn ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
S.F. Masterworks
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473217485
SKU
V9781473217485
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About Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) was educated at the University of Missouri and the US Naval Academy, Annapolis. He served as a naval officer for five years but retired in 1934 due to ill health. He then studied physics at UCLA before beginning to publish sf with 'Lifeline' for Astounding Science Fiction in 1939. Among his many novels are Stranger in ... Read more
Reviews for Starship Troopers
Heinlein's genius is at its height in this timeless classic that is as meaningful today as when it was written . . . a definite must-have, must-read book - SF Site Nothing has come along that can match it - Science Fiction Weekly Heinlein was absolutely at his peak when he wrote this in ... Read more