Starship Troopers (novel): Difference between revisions

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* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]: While some of their structures are above ground, the Bugs live almost exclusively underground.

* [[Evolutionary Levels]]: All over the place; the struggle between humans and Bugs is portrayed as one of biological imperative, not political choice. Rico visits a planet with low radiation and wonders if it will "retard" the development of future inhabitants.

* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: The Thirty Second Bomb, certainly truth in advertising, designed as a psychological warfare device to frazzle nerves.

* [[Theme Naming]]: Terran troop transport ships are named after either famous battlegrounds (large ships like the ''Valley Forge'') or heroic individual soldiers (smaller vessels like the ''Rodger Young''). This mirrors the [[Theme Naming]] practices of most real-world navies.

* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: Denounced through the mouth of Sergeant Zim. See that article's quotes page.

** A minor one, but it does happen at the end of the book. Johnny's race or nationality are never mentioned, and his father's Harvard accent might lead one to think they're American, possibly of Latino extraction. Then at the end he mentions that his native tongue is Tagalog, implying that he's Filipino.

* [[Training from Hell]]: Mobile Infantry Boot Camp is described by Rico as being extremely grueling and even dangerous at times. Out of Rico's original group of over 2,000 recruits less than 400 manage to complete their training (with a handful of recruits actually being killed from training accidents). Later in the book when Rico attends Officer Candidate School he describes it as being even ''harder'' than basic training because in addition to all the physical training and combat drills he is also required to become proficient in several academic subjects like math, science, history, military law, and strategy.