Starship Troopers

Italian language

Published Dec. 31, 2008

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978-88-04-55615-2
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Starship Troopers takes place in the midst of an interstellar war between the Terran Federation of Earth and the Arachnids (referred to as "The Bugs") of Klendathu. It is narrated as a series of flashbacks by Juan Rico, and is one of only a few Heinlein novels set out in this fashion. The novel opens with Rico aboard the corvette Rodger Young, about to embark on a raid against the planet of the "Skinnies," who are allies of the Arachnids. We learn that he is a cap(sule) trooper in the Terran Federation's Mobile Infantry. The raid itself, one of the few instances of actual combat in the novel, is relatively brief: the Mobile Infantry land on the planet, destroy their targets, and retreat, suffering a single casualty in the process.

The story then flashes back to Rico's graduation from high school, and his decision to sign up for Federal Service …

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There are some famous critical debates: Is there irony in Moll Flanders? Did Chaucer get bored and give up or did he never actually plan to write two stories for each pilgrim? Did Lady MacBeth fake her faint? (Yes - she was in her night clothes not her corset.) To these I would like to add, Starship Troopers: Fascist manifesto or the most deadpan satire ever written?

Either way it is necessary to work out what is wrong with the society portrayed in the novel and also where the faults in the moral "logic" presented lie. First up - brainwashing: all societies to some extent attempt to "instill their values" in (i.e. brainwash) their youth but setting up History and Moral Philosophy lessons in schools is a clear step too far. (A bit like Citizenship classes or flag worship.)

Second: The axiom: It's harder to argue with the logic than …

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