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	• Starship Troopers Robert A. Heinlein Blackstone Audio Inc., 2007 - 200 pages average customer review:based on 5 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great book

I'm sure that I am like a lot of people who only saw the movie adaptation of Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers. The movie was a typical production, lots of bullets and gore but little in the way of a plot line. I got the audiobook and decided to give it another try. I was engrossed right away. I loved this book. It was way ahead of its time and quickly became one of my favorite books. Right up there with Ender's Game and I am Legend.

Classic book

The audio book was well done. It was good to hear the real story of this book and not the movie version.

I only gave it four stars as the CD's all had some minor audio quality problems.

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Starship Troopers

Very nice to hear the origninal. Far superior to the movie(s). Well read

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As with any good sci-fi the story and descriptions of the latest gadget are important; however this is just the window dressing or vehicle to carry a message or concept to you with out sounding too preachy.
Basically this book is not fascist like the movie. It suggests that people should be responsible for their actions and have a stake in what they make decisions on. Never did it say that these people were smarter or better, just that when you have a vested interest your decisions tend to work or you will pay.

I was intrigued in the process that Johnny Rico was going through in the story. The movie does not phase me as it looks like cartoon hype. But the book was too close to home. I hope my memory is flawed as I remember every one of the people types that he described. Actually I think with the volunteer Army today it is closer to the book than was Vietnam where conscripts looked on it this as slightly preferable to prison. I know that this story is not about the military but it is too real to be ignored as just the story.

You could have floored me with I found out there were no naked women in the book. Dizzy Flores must have had a great Swedish doctor. This could have been a genuine attempt to update the story; however it distracted from the original purpose.

Basically after school Johnny Rico is whisked into the military by peer pressure and to finds out if he is more than just the factory owner's son. While going through boot camp he learns of different cultures and the intricacies of military life. Naturally he makes mistakes and learns from others mistakes. As he grows he learns what make the world the way it is. I will not contrast this book with the movie because I think you enjoy the story more if you find out what happens as it unfolds.

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There are only a few books that shaped the way I thought about life and responsibility when I was growing up as a teenager. Instead of imagining if there was no heaven or hell I imagined what whould happen if people actually took responsibility for not only their actions but those of their children, government and society. I always come away from this novel thinking about society and how I as an individual that could make things better. That is what made this book special, any story can entertain but only the good ones asks you to have an opinion and think of the consequences. I just hope more people can enjoy the story and have fun hanging out with the Roughnecks!!!

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In one of Robert Heinlein's most controversial bestsellers, a recruit of the future goes through the toughest boot camp in the Universe - and into battle with the Terran Mobile infantry against mankind's most alarming enemy!

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