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    <body><![CDATA[This is a book that it seems like I should like.  It deals with issues of religion, including a strong critique of religion as we know it, presents socially progressive ideas about sex and relationships, and relies upon a fundamentally humanist, individualist philosophy.  <br/><br/>In the end, how...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4225387">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[For me, it would be a more apt title if it were “Strangeness in a Strange Book.” Of all the books I’ve read on the list so far [and I’ve skipped around, been reading them as I can find them], I enjoyed this one the least. Overall, I was enjoying the ideas the book was putting forth about rel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8240940">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I seem to be hit-or-miss with Heinlein.  I have read and enjoyed Starship Troopers and The Glory Road; however I couldn't finish Job: A Comedy of Justice and was not impressed with Stranger in a Strange Land (SISL) ... It is simply NOT good Science-Fiction (even if it is a fair piece of satire).  <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32535049">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nowadays, most people seem to either love or hate Heinlein. Many read his children's books like Podkayne from Mars, Red Planet and The Rolling Stones, enjoyed the adventure and moved on to his adult stuff just to get more. The politics, sexism and lack of depth went over their young heads. To them, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22934365">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book. The concept of a man who had grown up on Mars and never seen another human until he was in his twenties is such a fun idea - and a rich canvas.  Watching Mike try to grok humans gave a Heinlein great opportunities to point out some of faults - and our advantages.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1783155">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book has the dubious distinction of being the only book I threw against a wall and never finished. There have been a few that have taken air <em>after</em> I finished reading them, but there hasn't been another mid-book reading-ending chuck. Some of this is historical: both obligatory book finishing and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57134750">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[First off, what this book is ultimately about is the idea that an ideal life is one in which we combine the central tenets of Christianity with partner-swapping and group sex.  But just like communism and the dashiki, the 60's proved that a bad idea is a bad idea, and no amount of drugs is going to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18265124">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Can you grok it?<br/><br/>I feel I should preface this review with the following information divulged upfront. This book was pushed on my by my father when I was around 16 years old. For good or bad, these were the circumstances under which I first read it, and this may have contributed to my bein...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14967140">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just re-read for the SF &amp; Fantasy book club. I've read it a dozen times over the years.  Worth the time &amp; was no effort.  It's incredible to me that he captured the 60's so well &amp; it was first published in 1961.  It would have been a lot less shocking toward the end of that decade, but he actually...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11465134">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this for a class (Reading in Science Fiction), with all the good reviews and the fact that it's own cover hailed it as &quot;The Most Famous Science Fiction Novel Ever Written&quot; I couldn't wait to read it. Now, I can read a good book in a matter of days depending on how many pages it has ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3225705">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mixed feelings here. The first half of the book reads like a suspenseful mystery/action flick with some sharp observations about language and culture clashes. And I loved it. The second half deals with whacky religion and uninhibited sex. Public nudity, open marriage, sex used for <em>growing closer</em> - i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36089334">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the second Heinlein book I've read, and hopefully, the last.  It's interesting to read this book in the context of it's supposedly historical influence on the 60's free-love movement, and the origin of the term 'grok' which shows up amongst the geeky stuff that I read. Other than that, I fou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14765757">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked up <u>Stranger in a Strange Land</u> by Robert A. Heinlein as part of the Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy book club.  I'm always willing to try new books, especially ones out of my typical genre.  I borrowed this copy from the library, and it is the uncut version, having 60,000 words that were cut from ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33672454">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this for the SciFi and Fantasy book club hear at GoodReads.  It's also the first Heinlein I remember reading.  I've read a few of his short stories and might have read <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Job: A Comedy of Justice" title=" Job: A Comedy of Justice"> Job: A Comedy of Justice</a> when it was released in the mid 80s, but I'm not 100% sure.  <br/><br/>I found the first part of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32403971">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Man From Mars, the main character, starts out as a fascinating, strange and fragile creature. Born on Mars and raised my Martians, creatures vastly different from ourselves, he has no point of reference for understanding human language and culture. Hell he can't even cope with our gravity! His e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11198371">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[(Note: Original pub date is 1961)<br/><br/>Fuck you, Heinlein!!! That's like 3 or 4 hours of my life I'm NEVER GETTING BACK.  This isn't a book, it's a pompous recitation of every one of your pet peeves and pet theories, delivered through the mouths of your utterly two-dimensional &quot;characters...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/193444">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I remember reading _Stranger In A Strange Land_ as a young high school student in the late 70s.  At the time, the story appealed to my changing state (as an adult, I think I can finally admit that the adolescent young man who read this book the first time, did so because my friends told me it was fi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25249688">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[here are some quotes i like from this book. (hah! lazy reviewer)<br/><br/>&quot;'I don't pay attention to politics.'<br/>'You should. It's only barely less important than your own heartbeat.'&quot;(45)<br/><br/>&quot;The three Federation defense stations swung silently in the sky, promising ins...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1610690">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fingernails across a chalkboard.]]></body>
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