false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897088m/350.jpg 350 56 Amazon.com Stranger in a Strange Land, winner of the 1962 Hugo Award, is the story of Valentine Michael Smith, born during, and the only survivor of, the first manned mission to Mars. Michael is raised by Martians, and he arrives on Earth as a true innocent: he has never seen a woman and has no knowledge of Earth's cultures or religions. But he brings turmoil with him, as he is the legal heir to an enormous financial empire, not to mention de facto owner of the planet Mars. With the irascible popular author Jubal Harshaw to protect him, Michael explores human morality and the meanings of love. He founds his own church, preaching free love and disseminating the psychic talents taught him by the Martians. Ultimately, he confronts the fate reserved for all messiahs. The impact of Stranger in a Strange Land was considerable, leading many children of the 60's to set up households based on Michael's water-brother nests. Heinlein loved to pontificate through the mouths of his characters, so modern readers must be willing to overlook the occasional sour note ("Nine times out of ten, if a girl gets raped, it's partly her fault."). That aside, Stranger in a Strange Land is one of the master's best entertainments, provocative as he always loved to be. Can you grok it? --Brooks Peck --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition. 908211 1961 Stranger in a Strange Land total:29509|5:10571|4:8783|3:6321|2:2216|1:1618| 29509 113000 41261 1317 3 26 false false Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Sep 29 11:09:05 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 22 07:29:01 -0800 2008
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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...more...]]> 5 10 false false Sun Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 02 12:46:22 -0800 2008 Mon Sep 22 10:28:09 -0700 2008 12 more...]]> 1 6 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jul 18 11:14:14 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 10:10:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 5 false false Wed May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 06 16:03:32 -0800 2008 Wed May 28 14:52:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 7 false false Sat May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 08 15:46:43 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 01 19:40:28 -0700 2008
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"'I don't pay attention to politics.'
'You should. It's only barely less important than your own heartbeat.'"(45)

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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 "characters...more...]]> 1 3 false false Tue May 20 20:54:18 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 20:54:40 -0700 2008 2 4 false true Fri Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 12:33:33 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 18:03:06 -0700 2008 2 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=350