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Stranger in a Strange Land
by Heinlein, Robert A
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0425046885
- ISBN 13
- 9780425046883
- Seller
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Shell Lake, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Berkley. Good+. 1980. Paperback. 0425046885 . 9 oz.; 414 pages; Good++ read once aged w/some shelf wear. Twenty-five years ago, the first manned mission to Mars was lost, and all hands presumed dead. But someone survived...Born on the doomed spaceship and raised by the Martians who saved his life, Valentine Michael Smith has never seen a human being until the day a second expedition to Mars discovers him. Upon his return to Earth, a young nurse named Jill Boardman sneaks into Smith's hospital room and shares a glass of water with him, a simple act for her but a sacred ritual on Mars. Now, connected by an incredible bond, Smith, Jill and a writer named Jubal must fight to protect a right we all take for granted: the right to love. .
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Mistymornin Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24327
- Title
- Stranger in a Strange Land
- Author
- Heinlein, Robert A
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0425046885
- ISBN 13
- 9780425046883
- Publisher
- Berkley
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- 0425046885
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction/Fantasy;
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