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Violence
Some
Military combat and battle deaths described throughout
Language
Barely any
Mild military language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief romantic references
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Strongly ideological political content; advocacy for corporal and capital punishment as social goods
What this book is about
Juan 'Johnnie' Rico enlists in the Terran Federation's Mobile Infantry and finds himself fighting giant alien arachnids across the galaxy. But Heinlein's famous novel is as much political philosophy as military science fiction—interspersed with lectures on civic virtue, the nature of democracy, and why the franchise should be limited to those who have served. Hugely influential and highly controversial, it inspired a generation of military SF and one satirical Paul Verhoeven film.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Military violence and battle deaths throughout
Explicit advocacy for corporal and capital punishment
Strongly ideological (militarist) political content
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