Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No DJ
- ISBN 10
- 198480278X
- ISBN 13
- 9781984802781
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About This Item
HEINLEIN, Robert A.: Stranger in a Strange Land. New York, Ace, 2018. Originally published: 1961. Stated Ace Premium Edition, August 2018. Paperback, 600 pp. Subject: Novel / Science & Speculative Fiction. Condition: Very Good. Creasing to the book-spine edges evident. A bit of sunning to the pages but unmarked with readable text. Copy in first-rate condition. "Raised by Martians...Valentine Michael Smith is a human who has never seen another member of his species. Sent to Earth, he is a stranger who must learn what it is to be a man. But his own beliefs and his powers far exceed the limits of humankind, and as he teaches grokking and water-sharing, he also inspires a transformation that will alter Earth's inhabitants forever..." Prize-winning unforgettable SF by a great master of the genre! ISBN: 9781984802781
Synopsis
Stranger in a Strange Land is a best-selling 1961 Hugo Award-winning science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein. It tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human raised by Martians on the planet Mars, upon his return to Earth in early adulthood. The novel explores his interaction with — and eventual transformation of — Earth culture. The novel's title refers to the Biblical Book of Exodus. According to Heinlein in Grumbles from the Grave, the novel's working title was The Heretic.
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- The Brooklyn Bookman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 312324344
- Title
- Stranger in a Strange Land
- Author
- Robert A. Heinlein
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2018 Paperback Edition
- ISBN 10
- 198480278X
- ISBN 13
- 9781984802781
- Publisher
- Ace
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Pages
- 600
- Keywords
- Novel / Science & Speculative Fiction / Mars & Humans / Religion and Messiahs
- Bookseller catalogs
- THE BROOKLYN BOOKMAN – USED, OUT OF PRINT, RARE & COLLECTIBLE BOOKS CATALOG; SF & Fantasy Classics!; SF/Fantasy;
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