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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (novels not included). Pages: 54. Chapters: Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land, Tunnel in the Sky, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Rocket Ship Galileo, Methuselah's Children, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, Time Enough for Love, Farmer in the Sky, The Number of the Beast, Friday, Space Cadet, To Sail Beyond the Sunset, The Puppet Masters, The Rolling Stones, Starman Jones, Farnham's Freehold, Between Planets, Double Star, Sixth Column, Job: A Comedy of Justice, Have Space Suit-Will Travel, Podkayne of Mars, Red Planet, Glory Road, The Door into Summer, Beyond This Horizon, The Star Beast, Orphans of the Sky, Citizen of the Galaxy, I Will Fear No Evil, Time for the Stars, For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs, Variable Star, Future History, World as Myth. Excerpt: Starship Troopers is a military science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, first published (in abridged form) as a serial in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (October, November 1959, as "Starship Soldier") and published hardcover in December, 1959. The first-person narrative is about a young soldier from the Philippines named Juan "Johnnie" Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry, a futuristic military unit equipped with powered armor. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs." Through Rico's eyes, Heinlein examines moral and philosophical aspects of suffrage, civic virtue, the necessities of war and capital punishment, and the nature of juvenile delinquency. Starship Troopers won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1960. The novel has attracted controversy and criticism for its social and political themes, which some critics claim promote fascism and militarism. Starship Troopers has...
