Stranger in a Strange Land

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ISBN-10: 0441788386
ISBN-13: 9780441788385
Publisher: Ace Books
Publish Date: 10/01/1991
Dimensions: 8.20" L, 5.40" W, 1.20" H

Stranger in a Strange Land

byRobert A Heinlein

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Price: $18.00

Overview

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…

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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

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Details

ISBN-10: 0441788386
ISBN-13: 9780441788385
Publisher: Ace Books
Publish Date: 10/01/1991
Dimensions: 8.20" L, 5.40" W, 1.20" H
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