Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
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(Mass Market Paperback - Reissue)
- Pub. Date: May 1987
- 448pp
- Sales Rank: 9,983
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: May 1987
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Format: Mass Market Paperback, 448pp
- Sales Rank: 9,983
- ISBN-13: 9780441790340
- ISBN: 0441790348
- Edition Description: Reissue
Synopsis
In the 1960s, the first science-fiction title to appear on The New York Times Book Review 's best-seller list.
Valentine Michael Smith is the stranger. A young human, reared by Martians on Mars, he is brought to Earth where he must adapt not only to the planet's social injustices and its population's foibles, but to its strong gravitational field and rich atmosphere.
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Stranger in a Strange Land was, David N. Samuelson wrote inCritical Encounters: Writers and Themes in Science Fiction, "in some ways emblematic of the Sixties. . . . It fit the iconoclastic mood of the time, attacking human folly under several guises, especially in the person or persons of the Establishment: government, the military, organized religion. By many of its readers, too, it was taken to advocate a religion of love, and of incalculable power, which could revolutionize human affairs and bring about an apocalyptic change, presumably for the better." Robert Scholes and Eric S. Rabkin wrote in their Science Fiction: History, Science, Vision that "the values of the sixties could hardly have found a more congenial expression."
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A science fiction pioneer, Robert A. Heinlein wrote popular stories that doubled as vessels for his political and cultural observations. In classics such as Stranger in a Strange Land and Starship Troopers, Heinlein blended suspenseful adventure with (sometimes controversial) visions of alternate worlds.
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Stranger in a Strange Landby david-dwyer
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September 13, 2009: This book is can both be seen as a good story or not too interesting by a reader for the same reason. Some people like myself can only handle enough of the impossible or unrealisticness. This book can be interesting while the main character Valentine Michael Smith, also known as Mike, is forced to learn how to live in an earthly environment after being brought to the world from the planet Mars where he was discovered. But the fact the a man was raised on a different planet by martians is far too unrealistic to consistantly keep my interest. The book did progress and become more interesting as i read through. I was interested how the government was out to find Mike throughout alot of the story. Also, we come to find out that Valentine Michael Smith is actually like the chosen one. This information also threw me off. The fact Mike was pretty much god and was able to levitate objects and people, and could even evaporate people from mid air. The novel was far too unrealistic for my liking, but i do recomend it for people with great imaginations.
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September 12, 2009: Great fantasy. Amusing to be reminded of the place of women in the 60's. Story is not riveting but it does hold my attention. Still reading/listening and looking forward to the next chapters.
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