Stranger in a Strange Land

By Robert A. Heinlein

By Robert A. Heinlein

By Robert A. Heinlein

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Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
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    About Stranger in a Strange Land

    The complete, uncut version of Robert A. Heinlein’s all-time masterpiece, the brilliant novel that grew from a cult favorite to a bestseller to a science fiction classic.

    Raised by Martians on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith is a human who has never seen another member of his species. Sent to Earth, he is a stranger who must learn what it is to be a man. But his own beliefs and his powers far exceed the limits of humankind, and as he teaches them about grokking and water-sharing, he also inspires a transformation that will alter Earth’s inhabitants forever…

    About Stranger in a Strange Land

    Robert Heinlein’s Hugo Award-winning all-time masterpiece, the brilliant novel that grew from a cult favorite to a bestseller to a science fiction classic.

    Raised by Martians on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith is a human who has never seen another member of his species. Sent to Earth, he is a stranger who must learn what it is to be a man. But his own beliefs and his powers far exceed the limits of humankind, and as he teaches them about grokking and water-sharing, he also inspires a transformation that will alter Earth’s inhabitants forever…

    About Stranger in a Strange Land

    Robert Heinlein’s Hugo Award-winning all-time masterpiece, the brilliant novel that grew from a cult favorite to a bestseller to a science fiction classic.

    Raised by Martians on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith is a human who has never seen another member of his species. Sent to Earth, he is a stranger who must learn what it is to be a man. But his own beliefs and his powers far exceed the limits of humankind, and as he teaches them about grokking and water-sharing, he also inspires a transformation that will alter Earth’s inhabitants forever…

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    Praise

    Praise for Robert A. Heinlein and Stranger in a Strange Land

    “One of the grand masters of science fiction.”—Wall Street Journal

    “A brilliant mind-bender…Wonderfully humanizing……Some 60,000 words that were cut from Heinlein’s manuscript for economy back in 1961 are at last taking their rightful place in the body of world literature.”—Kurt Vonnegut, The New York Times Book Review
     
    “Certainly among the most influential…science fiction novel[s] of all time.”—The Guardian

    “This book was destined to become a bestseller, shaping the sensibilities of a generation…The uncut novel more explicitly exhibits the author’s views on human sexuality, women’s issues, and geopolitics.”—The Boston Globe

    “One of the most popular science fiction novels ever published.”—Library Journal

    About Robert A. Heinlein

    Robert Anson Heinlein was born in Missouri in 1907, and was raised there. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1929, but was forced by illness to retire from the Navy in 1934. He settled in California and over… More about Robert A. Heinlein

    About Robert A. Heinlein

    Robert Anson Heinlein was born in Missouri in 1907, and was raised there. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1929, but was forced by illness to retire from the Navy in 1934. He settled in California and over… More about Robert A. Heinlein

    About Robert A. Heinlein

    Robert Anson Heinlein was born in Missouri in 1907, and was raised there. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1929, but was forced by illness to retire from the Navy in 1934. He settled in California and over… More about Robert A. Heinlein

    Product Details

    Paperback
    Published by Ace
    Oct 01, 1991 | 528 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9780441788385

    Mass Market Paperback
    Published by Ace
    Jul 31, 2018 | 608 Pages | 4-3/16 x 7-1/2 | ISBN 9781984802781

    Ebook
    Published by Ace
    May 15, 1987 | 448 Pages | ISBN 9781101208960

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