![]() ![]() ![]() The film takes a satirical approach to the source material’s fascistic and jingoistic qualities, while also looking a lot like “ 90210 in space” when not engaged in bloody carnage (which I was correct in assuming wouldn’t be a part of the novel). First, there was how much of the story’s key plot points were actually mirrored between the two. Having been released nearly four decades after the book, I wanted to see where it came from.Ī couple of things stuck out to me about the book, most apparent when juxtaposing it to the film, which I could not avoid doing. Admittedly what drew me to this book was my history with the 1997 film adaptation of the same name directed by Paul Verhoeven. ![]() Clarke, whom I always remember as important but don’t really go out of my way to read. He is among other science fiction authors, such as Isaac Asimov or Arthur C. Heinlein, following Juan “Johnny” Rico through his military career in the Mobile Infantry (M.I.) of the Terran Federation, set against backdrop of an interplanetary war between humanity and a species of intelligent “pseudo-arachnids,” or simply “Bugs.” This is the first Heinlein book I’ve ever read, and the only one I’ve ever been compelled to pick up thus far. Starship Troopers is a 1959 military science fiction novel written by Robert A. In one of Robert Heinlein’s most controversial bestsellers, a recruit of the future goes through the toughest book camp in the Universe-and into battle with the Terran Mobile Infantry against mankind’s most alarming enemy! ![]()
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