Starship Troopers

Robert A. Heinlein
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Starship Troopers

rjheinonen
4/14/2022
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In Starship Troopers, the 1st person narrative captures an abridged telling of a person's journey into military life. Although by today's standards, the violence and visions of war are coldly sanitized, befitting for the time it was written. Surprisingly, the storytelling isn't as dated as I expected. But then I'm a little bit older than the book and it's a matter of perspective. The humor about attitudes, situations and treatment in the military are entertaining. I have trouble with some of the polemical discussions. However, the philosophy fits into the circumstances and settings of this fictional universe about interspecies conflict. I'm glad that I finally read Starship Troopers.