Starship troopers.

Hardcover, 309 pages

English language

Published Oct. 28, 1959 by G.P. Putnam's Sons.

ISBN:
978-0-399-60522-2
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OCLC Number:
587453
ASIN:
B00ASPMK5K
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133405201

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"I always get the shakes before a drop. I've had the injections, of course, the hypnotic preparation, and it stands to reason that I can't really be afraid."

From the battle of Marathon to Korea's Porkchop Hill a certain breed of men have come forth to shoulder the burdens and beliefs of their particular world. For the Mobile Infantry-man ( MI ) of this hard-hitting story of combat 5,000 years in the future, the passage of time has not made the job any easier.

"The ship's psychiatrist checked my brain waves and asked me silly questions while I was asleep. He tells me it isn't fear . . ."

Starships tick away light years on a drop mission, MI armored suits are jet-equipped and weapons are technical masterpieces, but the act of dying remains the same. Young Juan Rico has ample opportunity to observe this after he …

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Personalmente non ho mai amato la massima "La letteratura serve ad ampliare i propri orizzonti", visto che storicamente l'arte "allineata" ha lasciato il segno ben più di quella "antagonista", le grandi accademie che stabiliscono i canoni sono naturalmente conservatrici (se non reazionarie) e, negli ultimi tempi, ho notato una sgradevole tendenza di progressismo puramente performativo che dà contro alle opere d'arte arcaiche in quanto "retrograde", così da farsi belli senza versare una goccia di sudore. Ebbene, Starship Troopers potrebbe essere la prima volta in vita mia che un'opera d'arte mi ha davvero posto in dialettica con una posizione/forma mentis/tradizione culturale (chiamatela come vi pare) in cui non mi riconosco e mi ha portato, pertanto, a costruire un dibattito asincrono con il romanziere – ed è un'esperienza spettacolare. Perché sì, il capolavoro di Heinlein è esattamente ciò che sembra: un romanzo di …

Review of 'Starship Troopers' on 'Goodreads'

I'd read Starship Troopers decades ago and it was, of course, good. The book's biggest problem is that Heinlein presents morals and moral challenges as a mathematical science, and, of course, morals are all relative. It would be nice if morals and behavior was a science, certainly.

This was also my first audiobook, and that worked out better than I thought.

Review of 'Starship Troopers' on 'Goodreads'

Donc, ce livre raconte la vie d’un jeune soldat des étoiles, qui va se battre, et dévaster les adversaires de l’humanité, pied à pied, comme il se doit pour un fantassin (ce qui est son honneur et sa fierté). Sous la vibrante histoire du jeune militaire qui gravit, pied à pied, les étapes de la vie du soldat, on ressent toutefois comme l’ombre d’une angoisse, une espèce de message qui transparait dans les cours de philosophie et de morale qu’il suit tout au long de sa vie. Serait-ce le fantôme d’une critique de la société moderne, qui se cache dans la dénonciation d’un antique vingtième siècle tout pourri ? N’y aurait-il pas, dans ses discussions avec ses instructeurs, un début de dénonciation de l’armée telle qu’elle existe, de son rôle et de ses attributions ? Ce questions restent posées tout au long du roman et, c’est sa force, même après, …

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