In Robert A. Heinlein’s controversial Hugo Award-winning bestseller, a recruit of the future goes through the toughest boot camp in the Universe—and into battle against mankind’s most alarming enemy…Johnnie Rico never really intended to join up—and definitely not the infantry. But now that he’s in the thick of it, trying to get through combat training harder than anything he could have … could have imagined, he knows everyone in his unit is one bad move away from buying the farm in the interstellar war the Terran Federation is waging against the Arachnids.
Because everyone in the Mobile Infantry fights. And if the training doesn’t kill you, the Bugs are more than ready to finish the job…
“A classic…If you want a great military adventure, this one is for you.”—All SciFi
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Not as good as I was lead to believe. May be a classic but there are better out there.
I have read the book many times over the years. I find his whole description of a futuristic war and land combat interesting.
I stopped reading this book about two thirds of the way through and I rarely do that, but this is one of the most boring books (so far) , from this author, and I’ve read a lot of his books. Maybe this book is boring because I’ve seen ALL the Starship Trooper movies and the action is fast paced, where the bootk really drags – at least so far. Maybe once the troopers actually meet the bugs in battle, it will get better and have more action. I sure hope so. I twill probably come back and finish it, as I hate to leave a book unread. At this time, I cannot recommend this book, even though I really like this author.
Great sci-fi adventure by one of its mid-20th Century masters.
This was the first book that i read that was not assigned. It started a love for Sci-fi that for over 45 years.
The movie is/was an insult to this book.
This book helped me clarify my thoughts on what it takes to be a citizen.
My favourite book of all times
Classic Heinlein.. way better than the silly movie..
A classic
Lets you know a lot about military life and citzenship
One of my all time favorite books
One of the best Military Sci-Fi books ever written.
Ignore the movie. The movie is interesting, but, while they share a few things, the book is MUCH better and tells a different story.
Fast pace and action packed.
One of the very best ‘60s sci-fi
This is truly a sci-fi classic and one of the most well known books from Asimov.
I have read this book many times. Great book.
Classic Heinlein never gets old.
A favorite of mine!