This edition of the book is introduced by Hugo and Nebula Award winning author, John Haldeman. Reading that story for the first time, twenty years later, it is interesting to evaluate those responses and consider my own interpretation. Like many other science fiction fans, I had been starved of a cinematic space opera since watching Return of the Jedi (1983).Īt the time, there was considerable criticism of Verhoeven’s interpretation, with many writers suggesting it had not captured the mood and essence of Heinlein’s story. In 1998, aged 22, I went to the cinema to see Paul Verhoeven’s adaptation of Starship Troopers. The Folio Society has produced a beautiful, limited edition of Robert Heinlein’s classic book, Starship Troopers, first published in 1959. Illustration ©2018 Stephen Hickman from The Folio Society edition of Starship Troopers
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