Starship Troopers
by Robert A. Heinlein
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Recommended by 3 notable people, including Don Winslow and John Scalzi
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Military, Space Opera, and Most Recommended Books.
The historians cant seem to settle whether to call this one "The Third Space War" (or the fourth), or whether "The First Interstellar War" fits it better. We just call it The Bug War." Everything up to then and still later were "incidents," "patrols," or "police actions." However, you are just as dead if you buy the farm in an "incident" as you are...
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Military, Space Opera, and Most Recommended Books.
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