Pub Date: October 1, 1991
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0840
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 1.20" H x 8.20" L x 5.40" W ( 0.90 lbs) 528 pages
BISAC Categories:
Fiction | Science Fiction | Alien Contact | Literary | Classics
Description: One of the greatest science fiction novels ever published, Stranger in a Strange Land's original manuscript had 50,000 words cut. Now they have been reinstated for this special 30th anniversary trade edition. A Mars-born earthling arrives on this planet for the first time as an adult, and the sensation he creates teaches Earth some unforgettable lessons. "A brilliant mind-bender".--Kurt Vonnegut.
Review Quotes: 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