Books like Starship Troopers
12 books with a reading profile close to Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein. Outward-looking; a moderate read.
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The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells
Also outward-looking · narrative, science fiction
The narrative follows an unnamed protagonist in Surrey as massive metallic cylinders land across the English countryside.
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When the World Screamed
Also outward-looking · narrative, science fiction
Professor Challenger posits that the Earth is a living organism, a colossal echinoderm with a sensitive cortex protected by the planetary crust.
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The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham, Marcel Battin
Also outward-looking · narrative, science fiction
Bill Masen wakes in a London hospital with his eyes bandaged, missing a spectacular celestial display that has blinded almost everyone on Earth.
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Earth is Room Enough
by Isaac Asimov
narrative, science fiction
This collection of fifteen short stories and two poems focuses on the idea that humanity does not need to colonize the stars to find conflict or wonder.
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The Invisible Man
by H.G. Wells
narrative, science fiction
Griffin, a brilliant but mentally unstable scientist, arrives at a quiet village wrapped in bandages and hiding behind dark spectacles.
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The Currents of Space
by Isaac Asimov
Also outward-looking · narrative, science fiction
Technical analyst Rikare has forgotten his identity after a mental wipe, leaving him a confused laborer on the planet Florina.
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7
The Invisible Man
by Len Jenkin, Herbert George Wells
Also outward-looking · narrative, science fiction
In this stage adaptation of the H.G.
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From the Earth to the Moon
by Jules Verne
Also outward-looking · narrative, science fiction
In the aftermath of the American Civil War, bored ballistics experts from the Baltimore Gun Club find themselves without a conflict to fuel their technical ambitions.
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Planet of the Apes
narrative, science fiction
Journalist Ulysse Mérou travels to the star Betelgeuse with a small crew and lands on a world where the biological roles of primates and humans are reversed.
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10
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Also outward-looking · narrative, science fiction
The story follows Manuel Garcia O'Kelly-Davis, a computer technician who discovers that the lunar colony’s central computer, Mike, has achieved self-awareness.
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Alas, Babylon
by Pat Frank
Also outward-looking · narrative, science fiction
Randy Bragg lives a quiet life in Fort Repose, Florida, until his brother, an intelligence officer, warns him that nuclear war is imminent.
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The Lost World
Also outward-looking · narrative, science fiction
Journalist Edward Malone joins an expedition led by the volatile Professor Challenger to a remote South American plateau.
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