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Robert A. Heinlein

Starship Troopers

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Juan Rico signed up with the Federal Service on a lark, but despite the hardships and rigorous training, he finds himself determined to make it as a cap trooper. In boot camp he will learn how to become a soldier, but when he graduates and war comes (as it always does for soldiers), he will learn why he is a soldier. Many consider this Hugo Award winner to be Robert Heinlein’s finest work, and with good reason. Forget the battle scenes and high-tech weapons (though this novel has them) — this is Heinlein at the top of his game talking people and politics.
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300 printed pages
Original publication
2014
Publication year
2014
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Quotes

  • Адлет Даирбаевhas quoted7 years ago
    Am I my brother’s keeper?
    —Genesis IV:9
    How think ye? If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
    —Matthew XII:12
    How much then is a man better than a sheep?
    —Matthew XVIII:12
    In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful … whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind.
    —The Koran, Sûrah V, 32
  • Алексей Стерликовhas quoted2 years ago
    Maybe if you’d all buy it this drop, they could start over and build the kind of outfit the Lieutenant expected you to be. But probably not — with the sort of recruits we get these days.” He suddenly straightened up, shouted, “I just want to remind you apes that each and every one of you has cost the gov’ment, counting weapons, armor, ammo, instrumentation, and training, everything, including the way you overeat — has cost, on the hoof, better’n half a million. Add in the thirty cents you are actually worth and that runs to quite a sum.” He glared at us. “So bring it back! We can spare you, but we can’t spare that fancy suit you’re wearing. I don’t want any heroes in this outfit; the Lieutenant wouldn’t like it. You got a job to do, you go down, you do it, you keep your ears open for recall, you show up for retrieval on the bounce and by the numbers. Get me?”
  • Myshenjahas quoted2 years ago
    I was heaping scorn

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