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Starship Troopers
Published 1959 by G. P. Putnam's Sons · 263 pages
Hugo · 1960
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Robert A. Heinlein on these ballots
14 award entries · 9 books · 4 wins · 1956–1985
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Synopsis
Juan Rico enlists in the Mobile Infantry, survives boot camp, and fights the alien Arachnids. His rise from recruit to officer is interspersed with classroom arguments about military service and a political system in which federal service is required for full citizenship.
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Details
- Author nationality
- United States
- Adaptation
- Starship Troopers (film and TV, 1997)
- ISBN
- 9780441783588