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Summary: Very Original!
Review: Stranger in a strange land I found to be a very original sci-fi book. I personaly think it was one of Heinleins best books, second only to Time Enough for Love. Those readers who really enjoy Heinleins books I think would like this one. This story takes place not in the to distant future and it is about a man who was raised by martians and is eventually retrieved by us humans. What is most interesting is that this man (Valentine Micheal Smith) has never known a human being and now he must learn to get along in our world (with the help of a few friends) or should I say adapt. The whole situation is very interesting and as I said before a very original storyline and is overall an awesome story and should be considered reading material for anyone who is a sci-fi lover!
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Summary: Count your pages
Review: If you read this book when you were a kid. And if you are not a kid now. Then you have missed a little something. A lot of the words were cut out of the book before it was published. And due to contractual agreements the missing part of the book could not be printed while Robert A. Heinlein was alive. Now all bets are off. So count the words in the copy you are about to buy and be sure you have the whole thing. And for those people who read the original release I suggest you re-read to see what you missed.
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Summary: Dance Music
Review: Robert A. Heinlein. Like him or love him, you've got to admit - drive-in movies are dead, dead and gone, and they have been for twenty years or more. People just don't have cars any more, not since the oil crisis did away with them, the great spitting beasts that they are. And films don't work in the open, not since they moved to using straw instead of celluloid. It must have been great to see - colours and shapes, moving through the night, instead of the rubbish we have now, just bales of straw being shot out of the projector onto the screen. Can you imagine that? It's horrible, really it is. Robert A. Heinlein is also dead and gone. I think. Just a moment... just a moment.... he died in 1988, no doubt due to the effects of acid house. All those pulsing beats suddenly thrust into the mainstream must have done him in. I can see him dancing, dancing to the grave, lost in the grip of E, whizzing his old flesh off his bones. It must have been something. I think of 1988 as being like '19', but with breasts.
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Summary: The greatest work from one of sci-fi's greatest writers.
Review: I read this originally back in 9th grade, when my English teacher had us choose any book and then do a book report on it. I'd been into Heinlein for a while, reading many of his shorter novels, and decided to give this one a try. I was completely blown away then, and still am today, at this book. The philosophical ideas and the religious concepts presented seemed the deepest thoughts in the world to my 9th grade mind -- but these are mixed into a great story that kept me reading more. It's works like this that have kept Robert A. Heinlein in my mind as one of the finest authors of science fiction, and one of the greatest of the 20th century.
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Summary: Wonderful book from a master of science fiction!
Review: Heinlein's A Stranger in a Strange Land is a fantastic science fiction book. This book became a cult classic in the 60's. I'm no flower child, but I still loved this book. Heinlein explores our society through the eyes of the stranger Mike. It is fascinating to think of how others see you. With this book Heinlein lets us see our own American society through the eyes of a stranger. This helps reveal us to ourselves. Not only does it enlighten, it is also extremely entertaining. I recommend that you read it, and then you will "grok" what I mean.
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Summary: One of the Best
Review: I found this book quite enjoyable, and the contents very original. The points that I found it fell short were the following: It wasn't clear on how Valentine Michael Smith came to acquire his talents other than his unusual background on Mars, and the author was somewhat vague on how he actually passed his knowledge onto others. Otherwise it was a very thought provoking book filled with passion. It left me filled with interest from its many implied possibilities about the potential of man, which I think was the intent by the author to convey. It's overall a great book for any Science Fiction fan and it is completely different from the everyday.
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Summary: Heinlein's Masterpiece of Science Fiction
Review: In writing 'Stranger in a Strange land' Heinlein created a masterwork- a science fiction spin on the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. Like Christ, 'Stranger's protagonist, Micheal Valintine Smith, points out the hypocracy of the popular religion of the time. He teaches the world to give up the rigid protocals of religion and embrace mankind's most powerful emotion: Love. 'Stranger' is populated with characters in the rich Heinlein tradition. Jubal Harshaw, the kindly sage who acts as Smith's protecter, is the laywer/doctor/philosipher/writer/soldier/rogue that brings to mind another Heinlein character, Lazarus Long, from Heinlein's 'future history.' 'Stranger' is must reading for all science-fiction fans and a remarkable look at just how close contemparary society and a religious dictatorship could be. Magnificent.
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Summary: I Couldn't Even Finish It
Review: Before I read Stranger in a Strange Land, I was an avid fan of classic SF novels. I started reading "Stranger" expecting to be thrilled by another classic work. And I was, at first. Valentine Michael Smith was one of the most intriguing literary characters I could think of, and I was anxiously awaiting the outcome of this book. My opinion changed, however, when the character Jubal Harshaw and his lovely band of beautiful girls came into the scene. At first, I was able to overlook the numerous sexist comments in this novel, and "grok" only on Smith, the Martian, and his simple and interesting ways. As time progressed, the novel seemed only to focus on the doings of Harshaw, and soon became a book about this sexist pig who had more money than he could count. Before long, Smith was nothing but a secondary character, and Harshaw's comments were personally offending me that I closed the book. It's really too bad that an awesome character such as Smith had to be crammed into the same novel as Harshaw. Why didn't Heinlein call it, "Strange Man in a not-so-strange land?" (in reference to Harshaw)
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Summary: Excellent! Gets better each time you reread it!
Review: Heinlein is absolutely genious! This continues to be one of the greatest fiction I ever read, and keep in mind I'm also a big Asimow's fan! But Robert A. Heinlein has something more... he speaks about us, whether then (at his own time), now, or in our near future, much more than about the "fictious" situations he creates! "Stranger" can always be read "face value", and as that, it is only fine Sci-Fi (outdated, as for our recent findings), but if you read it as Phylosophy, you get millions of times the price's worth!
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Summary: One of my favorite books
Review: I think everyone should read this book at least once. It is more than just a sci-fi book, it is a novel, an interesting look at human thought and interaction. It is one of those books you can not stop thinking about, even years after first reading it. The main character interacts with fellow humans in a way that others have never even considered. People around him are either mesmerized by him or repulsed. His "condition" is the result of being raised on Mars after his parents had landed their and eventually perished. The story takes place at his return to Earth. Unbelievable that it was written when it was. Many of the subjects examined in this book are edgy or downright taboo even in our modern times. This is a truly timeless book.
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