A review by marsius
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein

4.0

As much novel as philosophical treatise, Heinlein's "Starship Troopers" is near definitive for 50s science fiction. The narrative itself is not particularly well developed and even seems to meander at more than a few points (worse, at many others it simply jumps, not assuming that the reader knows a detail or can infer a plot point, but rather because he simply doesn't care whether or not the reader knows something, no matter how integral the point). The characters are often more than a little flat as well. But damn if it isn't a fun read (and the philosophizing so perfectly Cold War).