Robert Heinlein was among the best-selling science fiction authors of the 1940s and 1950s, along with Isaac Asimov
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Set approximately 700 years in the future, the book depicts an Earth ruled by a world government run by military veterans. The society is depicted as affluent, and futuristic technology shown as coexisting with educationa… See more

The novel opens with Rico aboard the corvette transport Rodger Young (named after real life Medal of Honor recipient Rodger Wilton Young), serving with the platoon known as "Rasczak's Roughnecks". The platoon car… See more

Commentators have written that Starship Troopers is not driven by its plot, though it contains scenes of military combat. Instead, much of the novel is given over to a discussion of ideas. In particular, the discussion … See more