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Author
Index
H |
Robert
Heinlein |
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Title
Index
S |
Stranger
in a Strange Land |
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| Year |
1961 |
| Publisher |
New
English
Library (G P
Putnam's Sons) |
| ISBN |
0441790348 |
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Synopsis
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Stranger
in a Strange Land,
winner of the 1962
Hugo Award, is the
story of Valentine
Michael Smith,
born during, and
the only survivor
of, the first
manned mission to
Mars. Michael is
raised by
Martians, and he
arrives on Earth
as a true
innocent: he has
never seen a woman
and has no
knowledge of
Earth's cultures
or religions. But
he brings turmoil
with him, as he is
the legal heir to
an enormous
financial empire,
not to mention de
facto owner of
the planet Mars.
With the irascible
popular author
Jubal Harshaw to
protect him,
Michael explores
human morality and
the meanings of
love. He founds
his own church,
preaching free
love and
disseminating the
psychic talents
taught him by the
Martians.
Ultimately, he
confronts the fate
reserved for all
messiahs. |
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Review
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Winner
of the Hugo Award
Entertaining,
perhaps shocking,
it attacks all the
religious
explanations of
faith ...
undermines the
idea of sexual
relations based on
jealousy and pokes
a bitter satirical
finger at the
materialists and
politicians. |
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Credit:
NASA
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Lunar
Salute
Apollo
15
Commander
Dave Scott
salutes
the
American
flag at
the the
Hadley-Apennine
lunar
landing
site. The
Lunar
Module
"Falcon"
is
partially
visible on
the right. |
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NASA
Image of
the day
archive |
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