Robert A. Heinlein invented the Armored Suit for his 1959 military adventure, Starship Troopers.
Modern readers will see the Mobile Infantry’s armored suits through the lens of their own experience with microelectronics, and 60 years of experience and advances in guidance and control software.
I just read Robert A. Heinlein’s Double Star. I had read it in Junior High or High school, sometime in the mid-1970s, and I don’t think I’ve read it since.
QAA Podcast (nee’ Qanon Anonymous), Premium Episode 238 and Unclear and Present Danger 2025-09-14 episode, cover Starship Troopers in very different ways.
I’ve got even more ideas for Starship Troopers fanfic. If you think you can write one of these, do it! Let me know so I can read it.
I’ve got an idea for Starship Troopers fan fiction. I’m giving it away, for free! You can have it!
Here’s a video (youtube of course) review of both Starship Troopers the movie, and Starship Troopers the book.
It’s long, but worth it.
A guest post from long-time reader and friend of this blog Henry. Henry finds Heinlein’s “moral philsosophy” might be a product of Heinlein’s own education and life experience.
Previous “moral philosophy” post.
Henry writes:
More on Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein’s 1959 handbook of civics and military organization.
I’ve been reading science fiction for a long time, since maybe second grade, circa 1968. I believe that the first sci fi book I read was Lester Del Rey’s Mission to the Moon, but that’s for another day
One of my favorite books is Robert A. Heinlein’s 1959 Starship Troopers
