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Stranger in a Strange Land

by Robert A. Heinlein

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A human outsider returns from Mars

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A human outsider returns from Mars

Raised on Mars by Martians, Valentine Michael Smith arrives on Earth without experience of human society. His encounter with a world unfamiliar to him becomes a point of exchange: Smith learns how people live, while introducing ideas and abilities that challenge their assumptions. The premise brings alien contact into conversation with questions of human identity, belief, and social change, as one person’s upbringing beyond Earth reshapes how Earth’s inhabitants understand themselves.

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  • Science-fiction readers interested in alien contact and the return of a human raised beyond Earth.
  • Readers curious about stories that connect cultural encounter with questions of belief and social change.

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Alien contactHuman identityBelief and cultural exchangeSocial change

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The complete, uncut version of Robert A. Heinlein's all-time masterpiece, the brilliant novel that grew from a cult favorite to a bestseller to a science fiction classic.

Raised by Martians on Mars, 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 them about grokking and water-sharing, he also inspires a transformation that will alter Earth's inhabitants forever...
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