Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/good
- ISBN 10
- 0399135863
- ISBN 13
- 9780399135866
- Seller
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About This Item
Very Good book in good jacket. Dust jacket has edge wear, small tears at flap folds; scuff on back; now in new removable protective cover. Black boards, silver print on navy spine; corners and spine are bumped. Pages are clean and unmakred. Ace/Putnam Science Fiction Book Club hardcover with dust jacket. Jan. 1991 edition, no stated printing. ISBN: 9780399135866, SFBC #17697, 491 pages. 8vo (8.5" x 5.75") From 1991, the books get larger. Virginia Heinlein explains it in the preface to later editions - what you have there is the ORIGINAL edition, as Robert intended. The difference takes it from 160,000 words to 220,000. Winner, 1962 Hugo Award. Locus Poll Award, All-Time Best SF Novel, 1975 (4th place), 1987 (5th place), 1991 (6th place), 1998 (5th place).
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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- Seller
- Bujoldfan (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 082520089780399135866gb
- Title
- Stranger in a Strange Land
- Author
- Robert A. Heinlein
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0399135863
- ISBN 13
- 9780399135866
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1991
- Pages
- 491
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction / Fantasy;
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