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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:50, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Starship Troopers

 * ... that Robert Heinlein wrote Starship Troopers in response to the suspension of nuclear weapons testing by the U.S.?
 * ALT1: ... that Robert Heinlein's 1959 novel Starship Troopers has been described as among the most controversial science fiction novels written?
 * ALT2: ... that Starship Troopers has been credited as the origin of the idea of powered exoskeletons in science fiction, an idea since used in Halo, Elysium, District 9, Iron Man, and Edge of Tomorrow?
 * ALT3: ... that Robert Heinlein's 1959 novel Starship Troopers is a critique of U.S. society of the 1950s, and advocates for corporal and capital punishment?
 * Reviewed: Alfredo del Mazo Maza

Improved to Good Article status by Vanamonde93 (talk). Self-nominated at 04:53, 12 June 2017 (UTC).