Starship Troopers is a 1997 American military science-fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier.
 It originally came from an unrelated script called "Bug Hunt at Outpost Nine", but eventually licensed the name "Starship Troopers" from a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein.
 The story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry, a futuristic military unit.
 Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an insectoid species known as "Arachnids".
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder is an 2008 American military science fiction film written and directed by Edward Neumeier and starring Casper Van Dien who returned as Johnny Rico from the original film, along with Jolene Blalock and Boris Kodjoe.
 The film is a sequel to "Starship Troopers" (1997) and "" (2004) (which were both written by Neumeier) and the third installment of the "Starship Troopers" film series.
Armor is a military science fiction novel by John Steakley.
 It has some superficial similarities with Robert A. Heinlein's "Starship Troopers" (such as the military use of exoskeletons and insect-like alien enemies) but concentrates more on the psychological effects of violence on human beings rather than on the political aspect of the military, which was the focus of Heinlein's novel.
Juan "Johnny" Rico is a fictional character and the protagonist of Robert A. Heinlein's 1959 military science fiction novel "Starship Troopers".
 Rico is a space marine in the fictional "Mobile Infantry", an army group which is airdropped into combat by "dropships".
 He also appears in the 1988 "Starship Troopers" OVA series, the 1997, , and installments of the film series and the 1999 television series "".
Starship Troopers is a military science fiction novel by U.S. writer Robert A. Heinlein.
 Written in a few weeks in reaction to the U.S. suspending nuclear tests, the story was first published as a two-part serial in "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction" as Starship Soldier, and published as a book by G. P. Putnam's Sons in December 1959.
Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars is a 2017 Japanese-American computer animated military science fiction film.
 The film is a sequel to the 2012 film "" and the fifth installment of the "Starship Troopers" film series.
 This film also marks the return of two original actors from the first film.
 Casper Van Dien reprises his role as Johnny Rico from the first and film and Dina Meyer reprises her role as Dizzy Flores from the first film.
Robert Anson Heinlein ( ; July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction writer.
 Often called the "dean of science fiction writers", his sometimes controversial works continue to have an influential effect on the genre, and on modern culture more generally.
Dominant Species is a bestselling military science fiction novel by Michael E. Marks.
 It builds on depictions of powered armor as a military technology established first in Robert A. Heinlein's "Starship Troopers" and subsequently in John Steakley's "Armor", but concentrates more than earlier titles on the portrayal of both armor and weapon systems as extrapolations of actual military programs currently in development.
Starship Troopers: Invasion (スターシップ・トゥルーパーズ インベイジョン ) , is a Japanese-American 2012 computer animated military science fiction film directed by Shinji Aramaki.
 The film is a sequel to "" (2008) and the fourth installment of the "Starship Troopers" film series.
 The film was released in Japan on July 21, 2012 and in North America on August 28, 2012 as a direct-to-video title.
Starship Troupers is a science fiction series of novels by American author Christopher Stasheff.
 It includes three books: "A Company Of Stars", "We Open On Venus" and "A Slight Detour".
 It also occupies the same continuity as Stasheff's "Warlock of Gramarye" and "Rogue Wizard" series.
 Set in the 26th Century, after the human race has established colonies on distant planets and interstellar commerce supports Terra (Earth, sometimes known affectionately as "Old Earth") and the Terran Sphere of worlds, the novels follow the establishment and subsequent journeys of "The Star Theater Company", the first-ever interstellar theatre troupe.
 The series title, "Starship Troupers", was intended as a pun on Robert Heinlein's "Starship Troopers" novel.

Question: Armor has some superficial similarities with Starship Troopers, by an American science fiction writer who is often called what?
Answer: dean of science fiction writers