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Summary: Excellent book, hard to put down
Review: I really enjoyed reading the book. Especially watching Mike grow and mature. I liked hearing the different viewpoints of religion, but I didn't go for the whole sex cult deal. It might have been a tad interesting, but that's not because I agreed with it! Over all, this is the first I've read of his works and I'm impressed.
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Summary: one of the most thought provoking novels i have ever read.
Review: I am not capable of expressing my love of this book. I just highly recomend it.
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Summary: this was the only time i can truly say a book changed me
Review: this book, along with heinliens other books, "i shall fear no evil" and "time enough for love" were truly the only peices of literature that i can say changed me, my philosophies and my life. and im only 15
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Summary: I can't wait to go home and keep reading!
Review: I'm at work right now, and I'm about halfway through Stranger, and I can't wait to go home and keep on reading! It's really one of those books I just can't put down. A definate recommend.
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Summary: Challenging and Immensely Rewarding
Review: SIASL is one of the more mind-stretching SF novels in print; having said that, though, it is also one of the most challenging and layered pieces of fiction I've read. I first read it when I was roughly 14, and could feel my brain aching from the experience.Now, at 20, it seems less revolutionary but no less enjoyable. The writing is swift and powerful, and the story is wholly involving. The uncut edition, if you've already read the previous edition, is definitely worth purchasing. Robert A. Heinlein remains the master, and this book is his masterpiece.
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Summary: Insightful
Review: This book was one of the first Heinlein books I ever read (the very first bing "The Door into Summer", and this one being my second), and I have read many more since, but I stll enjoy reading it, and I stll learn new lessons each time I do. If you want to know the plot, read the synopsys, I won't bore you with it here. The base plot does make the book sound as though it is the masterpiece that it is, but Heinlein managed to write a very interesting and insightful story around the premise. This book didn't exactly change my life, but it did make me look at myself and think.
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Summary: SIASL RULES!
Review: I myself am a personal Heinlein fan. I have read all his books. Stranger in a Strange Land is a classic book to be treasured for all generations. It makes people think for themselves, and not fall into the system.
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Summary: I have never read this book...
Review: ...nor will I. There are 141 reviews of this book as of my writing this. Of these, the vast majority promotes this novel as a life-altering, mind expanding work that must be read by anyone with eyes to see, fingers to touch or ears to hear. The minority is made of those people who, while obviously having a love of SF, cannot proclaim this novel as a thing of worth for the sake of their conscience. Here is the important difference. One faction supports this book as the greatest thing ever written-they seem to forget that a man, a simple ordainary writer penned this book, and as he is obviously an intelligent man, he'd be the first to say that he doesn't know everything. No one should base something so precious as their beliefs on any work of one MAN. This is a work of fiction, and is not meant to be life-altering, only entertaining, and, at the greatest extent of writer's skill, somewhat enlightening. I will not read this book because of one fact-I have my own mind, and am not looking to any Joe Shmoe with a pen to change them-not even Joe Heinlein.
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Summary: Best book ever published !!!
Review: I've read this book in german and it was so fascinating to me that I'm not able to describe my feelings. You are captured from the first to the last page and at the end you see the world thru different eyes. It's my favourite book and I can just recommend it to everyone who is a Science-Fiction-Fan. I would even say - you are no SciFi-Fan if you didn't read this outstanding book.
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Summary: For Heinlein, third time is NOT a charm
Review: You know, this author never ceases to amaze me. I read Starship Troopers and though it couldn't get much worse. Time Enough for Love proved me wrong. Then I started reading this "masterpiece" and was proven wrong once again. The premise is this: Valentine Michael Smith is stranded on mars at an early age and is raised by Martians. The Martians have a perfectly utopian society in which everyone gets along and loves each other. An expedition to Mars recovers Smith and he is returned to Earth where he is taught to be human. The premise is sound enough. Even if I don't buy that Martians live in utopia (nor do I believe that anyone can) I can suspend disbelief. Their are, however many other problems here. For example, it is implied that Smith is highly intellegent in the book, however his has quite a bit of difficulty grasping a culture based on the instincts of his own species, maybe all that brain power went to his powers of telekinesis (which I'll talk about later). Knowing Heinlein's obsession for rude and smug old men I said "Ok, if Lazarus Long's in there, you better get out" to the book before I started reading. Apparently he just threw on a disguise. Jubal Harshaw is just as rude and smug as the incestuous old man and is given a disproportional amount of time in the book. Heinlein seems to be particularaly fond of long, drawn-out passages of Jubal making scenes in public places. Other reviews have alluded to the women in this book. Jubal apparently runs some kind of harem out in the country (or something like that, he surrounds himself with attractive women half his age) where he hits on them and urges them to teach Smith the facts of life. They go along with it, apparently enjoying every minute as Jubal is presented as a lovable old man instead of a rude lecher. The message here is the revolutionary one that if we're all nice to each other, everything will work out just fine. Apparently Heinlein thinks that we all forgot about Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers. And apparently this communal love helps you develop superpowers too! Smith, because of good upbringing, can lift things with his mind, make things dissappear, read minds, and even alter his physical structure! Amazing what a little love can do. None of this came as a surprise, however, it did surprise me that this book was so boring. At least in Starship Troopers and TEFL I wanted to find out what would happen next. True, the desire was akin to freeway rubbernecking at a traffic accident, but that's beside the point. Around page 200, it just palin stopped being interesting. There was page after page of Jubal making scenes and circus people and televangelists. I don't know I forget. If you like Heinlein, fine. You'll probably like this. But if you dislike his overbearing preaching and inability to get over himself, steer clear of this one.
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