Episode Sixteen: Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein

My Dog Ate My Book Report is a podcast where two weirdo thirty-somethings take turns introducing each other to a formative book from childhood the other has never read to see if the magic has held up!

This episode we read: Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein

The transcript can be found here: Episode Sixteen: Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein

 

Content Warnings:

Death, war, physical violence, physical trauma, ableism and ableist slurs, corporal punishment, themes of fascism, flamethrowers, nuclear weapons, giant bugs

 

Links to things we mentioned:

Cover of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (November 1959) featuring Starship Troopers
Hardcover first edition (Putnam 1959)
Paperback cover (Ace 1997) of the version Brandon first read
Starship Troopers wargame released in 1976 by Avalon Hill

What we are reading next!

Wren has selected the book for next week: Goosebumps #11: The Haunted Mask by R.L. Stine

 

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My Dog ate My Book Report is hosted and produced by Wren and Brandon. This episode edited by Brandon.

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