Starship Troopers

By: Robert A. Heinlein

Narrated by: R.C. Bray

In Robert A. Heinlein’s controversial Hugo Award-winning bestseller, a recruit of the future goes through the toughest boot camp in the Universe—and into battle against mankind’s most alarming enemy …

Johnnie Rico never really intended to join up—and definitely not the infantry. But now that he’s in the thick of it, trying to get through combat training harder than anything he could have imagined, he knows everyone in his unit is one bad move away from buying the farm in the interstellar war the Terran Federation is waging against the Arachnids.

Because everyone in the Mobile Infantry fights. And if the training doesn’t kill you, the Bugs are more than ready to finish the job …

©1959, 1987 Robert A. Heinlein (P)2003 Robert A. & Virginia Heinlein Prize Trust

The narrator makes the book

When you want Military science fiction read right R.C. Bray is the man! For proper, modern military sci-fi, this book set the standard. This book is the literary grandfather of stories like Expeditionary Force and Battlefield earth. The only thing missing is a jar of skippy in the mess hall. But man! Great story, and a great listening!

Great story and narration m

This was my second Heinlein book, and it was a great listen. I finished it in a couple of days, which is very fast for me. It made me realize the difference between a book I actually like and all of the mediocre ones I am forcing myself to get through.

Not like the movie at all - in a good way. The movie seems to bear little actual resemblance to the book.

Narrator was perfect.

RC Bray

RC Bray made this wonderful old book come to life, 100x better than previous performer.

Definitely worth the wait!

I thought we would never get this version with R.C. Bray as narrator but I was surprised to see it was finally available. While there is not much in way of combat scenes, this book does a great job of explaining why these troopers fight and gives a little insight into the aliens they fight as well. First time listening to this book and I really liked it!

It's Heinlein. 'Nough Said.

One of Heinlein's best. This version has a much more fitting narrator. I have both. This is Heinlein's one foray in to classic Military Science Fiction. Unlike so many other authors he gave us his best in one book and left it at that. Unfortunate that Hollywood didn't take that hint. The Sequels to the Starship Troopers Movie do not help the brand.