Stranger
in a Strange Land - Robert A. Heinlein - Audio Book
Brand New : (still shrink wrapped) Unabridged
16 hours 13 CDs
The most famous science fiction novel written, Stranger in a
Strange Land is the epic saga of an earthling, born and educated
on Mars, who arrives on our planet with superhuman powers and a
total ignorance of the mores of man. His name is Valentine
Michael Smith, and he is destined to become a freak, a media
commodity, a scam artist, a searcher, a sexual pioneer, a neon
evangelist, a martyr, and finally, a messiah.
This novel became not only the bible of the "love
generation," it managed to transcend the science fiction
genre to achieve the status of a modern classic; or, as others
put it, Heinlein's earthly "divine comedy."
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About the Author Robert Heinlein
(from Wikipedia)
Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 - May 8, 1988) was one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of "hard" science fiction. He set a high standard for science and engineering plausibility that few have equaled, and helped to raise the genre's standards of literary quality. He was the first writer to break into mainstream general magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post in the late 1940s with unvarnished science fiction. He was among the first authors of bestselling novel-length science fiction in the modern mass-market era. For many years Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke were known as the "Big Three" of science
fiction.
The major themes of his work were social: radical individualism, libertarianism, religion, the relationship between physical and emotional love, and speculation about unorthodox family relationships. His iconoclastic approach to these themes led to wildly divergent perceptions of his works. His 1959 novel Starship Troopers was excoriated by some as being fascist. His 1961 novel Stranger in a Strange Land, on the other hand, put him in the unexpected role of pied piper to the sexual revolution and counterculture.
Heinlein won four Hugo Awards for his novels. In addition, fifty years after publication, three of his works were awarded "Retro Hugos" - awards given retrospectively for years in which no Hugos had been awarded. He also won the first Grand Master Award given by the Science Fiction Writers of America for lifetime achievement.
In his fiction, Heinlein coined words that have become part of the English language, including "grok", "TANSTAAFL" and "waldo."
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