Starship Troopers vs Triplanetary: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Space Warfare, Science Fiction, Fiction
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers takes place in the midst of an interstellar war between the Terran Federation of Earth and the Arachnids (referred to as "The Bugs") of Klendathu. It is narrated as a series of flashbacks by Juan Rico,…
1 film adaptation
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Triplanetary
Lensman series, Book 1 of 7 Even back before the first bits of this story hit the newsstands, the folks who published it in Amazing Stories (January through April, 1934) knew they were on to something special. "We are…
The verdict
- Readers rate Starship Troopers highest: Starship Troopers 4.0 · Triplanetary 3.7.
- Starship Troopers has the widest readership — 251602 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Starship Troopers | Triplanetary | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (251602) | 3.7 (7678) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (986) | 3.1 (11) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1453) | 4.0 (7) |
Reception
| Starship Troopers | Triplanetary | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 251602 | 7678 |
| Editions | 60 | 67 |
| Citations | 68 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 119773 | 5461 |
| Reading it now | 4968 | 885 |
| Written reviews | 9240 | 572 |
| Wikipedia attention | 67191 | 701 |
| Pages | 368 | 272 |