"Starship Troopers" by Robert A. Heinlein. New York: G. P. Putnam's, (1959). First edition. Jacket Art by Jerry Robinson
Told as a first-person narrative, the story is about a young soldier named Juan "Johnnie" Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry, a futuristic military service branch equipped with powered armor. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species on Klendathu known as "the Bugs". “Starship Troopers” won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1960. It was also given the Hollywood treatment in 1997:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y07I_KER5fE
"Starship Troopers" by Robert A. Heinlein. New York: G. P. Putnam's, (1959). First edition. Jacket Art by Jerry Robinson
Told as a first-person narrative, the story is about a young soldier named Juan "Johnnie" Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry, a futuristic military service branch equipped with powered armor. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species on Klendathu known as "the Bugs". “Starship Troopers” won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1960. It was also given the Hollywood treatment in 1997:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y07I_KER5fE