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Sites about Starship Troopers

by Robert A. Heinlein

Hugo award winning military science fiction novel about Earth's was with a race of alien bugs.

Critical sites about Starship Troopers

The Nature of "Federal Service" in Robert A. HeinleinÕs Starship Troopers

http://www.nitrosyncretic.com/rah/ftp/fedrlsvc.pdf

"Robert A. HeinleinÕs 1959 novel Starship Troopers has been called one of the most controversial science fiction works ever written. Few who are familiar with science fiction as a whole would dis-agree. Although it contains no sex and no bad language, this relatively short novel contains the detailed exposition of several ideas that have proven almost explosively controversial, within the realm of science fiction and without.Central to the controversy is the bookÕs notion that a voting franchise must be earned by a would-be citizen. A franchise is not given to anyone, for any reason, until they have served a term (defined in the book as two years) in Federal Service." Accessing this paper requires that you have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed.

Contains: Content Analysis

Author: James Gifford

From: The Robert A. Heinlein Homepage

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Other (non-critical) sites about Starship Troopers

Militarism and Utopia in 'Starship Troopers'

http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/books/troopers_book_000610.html

"Paul Verhoeven's film Starship Troopers is on target for depicting Robert Heinlein's novel as a 'fascist utopia.'"

Contains: Content Analysis

Author: Robert Peterson

From: SPACE.com

Author: Robert Peterson

From: SPACE.com

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Starship Troopers: Film and Heinlein's Vision

http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/movies/troopers_contrast_000610.html

"In adapting Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers to the screen, director Paul Verhoeven faced a daunting challenge in making the author's heavily politicized (and politically sensitive) imagery palatable to modern audiences. I say that Verhoeven's twisted, satirical take was just what Heinlein's novel needed to work on film."

Author: Robert Peterson

From: SPACE.com 09 June 2000

Author: Robert Peterson

From: SPACE.com 09 June 2000

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