Stranger in a Strange Land [electronic resource]
Heinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson), 1907-19882009
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Stranger in a Strange Land is the epic saga of an earthling, Valentine Michael Smith, born and educated on Mars, who arrives on our planet with "psi" powers—telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, telekinesis, teleportation, pyrolysis, and the ability to take control of the minds of others—and complete innocence regarding the mores of man.
After his tutelage under a surrogate father figure, Valentine begins his transformation into a kind of messiah. His exceptional abilities lead him to become many things to many people: freak, scam artist, media commodity, searcher, free love pioneer, neon evangelist, and martyr.
Heinlein won his second Hugo Award for this novel, sometimes called his "divine comedy" and often called his masterpiece. This Blackstone audiobook is the "as published" version, read from an Ace paperback published in 1987. The full, uncut text was not made available until 1991.
Main title:
Stranger in a Strange Land [electronic resource] / Robert A. Heinlein
Author:
Heinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson), 1907-1988, AuthorHurt, Christopher, Narrator
Edition:
Unabridged
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2009
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 9-12
Biography/History:
<p class="DefaultText">Robert Anson Heinlein (1907–1988) took a variety of jobs before beginning to write science fiction in 1939. He became the dominant science fiction writer of the modern era, a writer whose influence on the field was immense. He won science fiction's Hugo Award for best novel seven times, and several of his books were New York Times bestsellers. In 1975 he received the first Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement.
Awards:
Hugo Award (World Science Fiction Society)
ISBN:
9781483068916
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
332064
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