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If I had only read the first third of the book it would have gotten another star.
This is a magical, rare thing. The first half of a great book seamlessly fused with the second half of an awful book.
It has been many years since I read it, so forgive me some fuzziness here.
The first parts of the novel are well written and believable (as long as you can go with pre-space program views of Mars, and—much worse—the idea of a manned Martian expedition that should never have gotten past psychological screening and isn't followed up for 20 years), and does a wonderful job portraying ...more
It has been many years since I read it, so forgive me some fuzziness here.
The first parts of the novel are well written and believable (as long as you can go with pre-space program views of Mars, and—much worse—the idea of a manned Martian expedition that should never have gotten past psychological screening and isn't followed up for 20 years), and does a wonderful job portraying ...more
Formerly Heinlein's best known work (Starship Troopers may outrank it now, thanks (?) to Verhoeven), Stranger in a Strange Land, would rank in my top 5 of RAH novels, tho my tastes run a bit more to his juvies.
The stranger of the title is Valentine Michael "Mike" Smith, a human child born on Mars, and raised by Martians. He was "rescued" about 25 years later, by which time his mind was nearly completely molded by the Martian life philosophy. His position as the perhaps the sole "owner" of Mars ...more
The stranger of the title is Valentine Michael "Mike" Smith, a human child born on Mars, and raised by Martians. He was "rescued" about 25 years later, by which time his mind was nearly completely molded by the Martian life philosophy. His position as the perhaps the sole "owner" of Mars ...more
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