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Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
read in the 60s when everybody else was reading it too and saying 'grok.'
I reread Stranger in a Strange Land a few years ago, and yes, it is seriously dated. I couldn't believe that I had loved it so much as a teen though the Dune books were my favourites back then. Not sure if I read the uncut version, but probably not as it was an old musty paperback.
Book 102: Stranger in a Strange Land , Robert Heinlein - Forrest Gump with magic powers is lectured at repeatedly by lecherous old Randian disciple, while Perky Women bow and scrape for all the men. And everyone talks like they just fell out of a bad 1940s screwball comedy...
I've just started Stranger in a Strange Land , and... oh dear. It opens with reportage, and all the characters talk like they fell out of a 1940s film. This is actually a reread, but it must be more than 20 years since I last read it. Even then I was aware of its reputation, but I don't think I ...
... too. I'm very fond of them.
I've read several of your choices just in the last year or so, including Pale Fire and Stranger in a Strange Land . Read for the first time.
And although I'm not at ALL a horror person, World War Z was amazing.
... Herbert
8. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
9. Foundation by Isaac Asimov
10. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
... in a few places by weak writing.
Now wish me luck. I'm about to start a reread - after many many years - of Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land . I will blog about it afterwards. Assuming I ever got my blog back, after scumbag blogger.com locked it as a suspected spam blog and have taken ...
Not naive, so much, I think, as a Stranger in a Strange Land .
The answer to (a) is most definitely yes. When I got to college in 1961 and a strike was called to protest in loco parentis , freshmen like myself felt we were being ushered into a new and momentous society--this before taking ...
I plan to reread Stranger in a Strange Land this month, and blog about it. Should be interesting...
... yet, but do have Feast of Crows in huge, hadback, signed, numbered, slipcased, £10-at-Borders edition.
#6 recently read Stranger in a Strange Land as my first Heinlein. Really enjoyed it (except for the whole "Ignore the sexism, racism, sexism, sexism, homophobia, sexism sexism" mantra I had ...
... is a Harsh Mistress and wish a copy of this had fallen into my lap as a teenager instead of The Number of the Beast and Stranger in a Strange Land . I'll be recommending this as a first Heinlein from now on.
Consider Phlebas blew me away and now the novelty from discovering Banks has ...
... still quite good reading after 40, IMO, & The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is a perennial favorite of mine. I don't think Stranger in a Strange Land aged as well as it could have. Much of what made it stand out when it was written is old hat now.
Two very different books. Stranger in a Strange Land is religious commentary, while Moon is a Harsh Mistress is political commentary. "Stranger" is long and meandering, while "Moon" is much more linear and to the point. I liked "Moon" much better, but that's just me.
... my love of Science Fiction these days. Latest books on the list are Robert Heinleins The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Stranger in a Strange Land
Looking forward to hearing everyone's recommendations and some conversation!
Jessica
Middlesex and The Color Purple are both magnificent. Guns, Germs and Steel and The Road were well worth reading. Stranger in a Strange Land - very boring the second time (read it first maybe 30 years ago and loved it).
You have quite a heavy load there for next year!
Stranger in A Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
I loved Stranger in a Strange Land when I read it a few decades ago. Last year, not so much. It's a great story that should have been told in about 1/3 of the length. The out-of-date sexist mores are pretty tough to take, but they'd be less annoying without the out-of-date endless ...
Robert A. Heinlein - Stranger in a Strange Land
I liked the first half, the second half not so much.
6,5/10
Didn't Midnight's Children win the Booker of Bookers?
I have a reread of Stranger in a Strange Land planned for this month too.
Midnight's Children is one of my favorite books.
Currently reading: Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein, pretty good so far.
... Bryson, The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, Testimony by Anita Shreve, Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein, Count of Monte Cristo, Crime and Punishment, She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb, Gone With the Wind, Still Alice by Lis ...
# 33. Eat, Pray, Love By, Elizabeth Gilbert 5 stars
# 34. The Tender Bar By, J.R. Moehringer 4 stars
# 35. Stranger in a Strange Land By, Robert Heinlein 3 1/2 stars
# 36. Prey By, Michael Chrichton 4 stars
... Haden Elgin
4. Native Tongue II: Judas Rose by Suzette Haden Elgin
5. Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
6.Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
7. Native Tongue III: Earthsong by Suzette Haden Elgin
8. Aliens by Alan Dean Foster
9.Alien by Alan Dean Foster
10 ...
#54 - SwampIrish
Altered Carbon and Pandora's Star and Stranger in a Strange Land is a very interesting set. Was the choice of books random? Are you re-reading any of the titles for critical or academic reasons? I would love to find the time to experiment with reading multiple science ...
I am simultaneously reading Altered Carbon, Pandora's Star and Stranger in a Strange Land . I finished up Necrosope III: The Source a couple of weeks ago.
Great categories!
I'll be reading both Ulysses and Stranger in a Strange Land for my 101010 challenge this year, so I'll be back to see if you decide to read them and, if so, what you think!
... possible (Science Fiction / Alternate history) (2)
1. HG Wells - The First Men on the Moon
2. Robert A. Heinlein - Stranger in a Strange Land
Possibilities:
HG Wells - The Invisible Man
HG Wells - The Island of Dr. Moreau
HG Wells - The Time Machine
HG Wells - The War of ...
#36 Hey that's cool! One of my friends took the quiz and she was Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein! I don't think she was too happy with the result because she says she is nothing like that book.
Haven't read Have Spacesuit... yet but it's scheduled for my 1010 Category challenge. I hope Stranger in a Strange Land won't put either of you off from reading more of his works. In a lot of respects it's very much a book of its time but its just one of those titles that seem to polarise ...
Thank you all - I feel so welcome!!
Confession - this is the first Heinlein book I have read. Although I too have Stranger in a Strange Land (as well as a few others) sitting on my TBR shelf. I'm working on finishing up my 999 challenge and this helped in my SciFi/Fantasy category. I enjoyed ...
... be presented as an historical document, and not an example of what sf is. So it's no good giving them Foundation or Stranger in a Strange Land , because they're books of their time.
... by Diane Setterfield. In the bathroom, I am almost finished with The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell. Today I finished Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. The last three books reflect the influence that LibraryThing has had on my reading--I had never heard of any of them until ...
56. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
This book was discussed in the 50 something group under books folks read that there folks wouldn't have let them read if they had known. I had never heard of it before, but the discussion piqued my interest. Other than being long, I quite ...
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Literary Snobs : At 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, and Beyond (Sep 26, 2009, 6:03pm)
... Gibson, Sade
25 -- Earthly Powers, Warhammer 40K novels, Foucault, Lord of the Rings
30 -- Enderby, Stranger in a Strange Land , A Handful of Dust, The Cantos, The Royal Family
35 -- Assuming I'm still alive ... probably more Chinese literature, since the US will ...
... he makes a conclusive case for Cabell's influence on science fiction writer Robert Heinlein. Heinlein did in fact call his Stranger in a Strange Land a "Cabellian satire."
Michael Moorcock, whose Eternal Champion / Multiverse devices have resulted in a sprawling compound fiction comparable ...
... link )
The Naken Sun by Isaac Asimov (bm link )
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (bm link )
Other SF available:
Harvest of Stars by Poul An ...
... start reading science fiction as well.
I'm looking for good books to help me ease into the genre.
I'm currently reading Stranger in a Strange Land because someone suggested it as a book for people that don't read SF. And I love Douglas Adams (does he count as SF?)
Does anyone have any ...
... by Neal Stephenson
7. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
8. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
9. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
10. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
... it all again. Storm and I have agreed to disagree on this one.
However, later this year I intend to reread Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land , and I'll be writing about it on my blog. so that should prove... interesting.
I have read 3 copies of Stranger in a Strange Land to tatters.. so far.
I finished The Likeness, loved it.. and will start The Day the Falls Stood Still today.
88: I loved Stranger in a Strange Land .
Did you finish The Stars My Destination?
Reading Stranger in a Strange Land by the Grandmaster
... a work has to be missing a significant percentage of the content of the main work. (For instance, cut vs uncut Stranger in a Strange Land doesn't make the grade for me - as I've stated before - I won't combine them because I know others feel strongly in the opposite direction...but ...
76. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein 655 pages
I've heard a lot about this book, it being a classic of the sci fi genre, and a seminal book, so I was excited to read it and it started off very well.
After a preliminary expedition to Mars ended in silence from those ...
... to be truly part of the genre, because he intended it as allegory. IF you speaking of hard science fiction, then it was Stranger in a Strange Land recommended by a guy I dated ever so briefly in college.
... written by someone who loved Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell than I am to trust a review written by someone who loved Stranger in a Strange Land , 'cause I loved JS&MN and disliked SiaSL.
I can also see why big name authors would take high profile reviews more seriously: it's relative ...
I am going to Start this list with Stranger in a Strange Land , which I just finished & Reviewed. This should be fun :-)
All righty! I finished The Chamber of Secrets & Stranger in a Strange Land , the latter I gave 5 stars to, of course. ;-)
Now... I am dedicated to Children of Dune. So far, I am enjoying it more than Dune Messiah.
I should be starting The Prisoner of Azkaban soon, but I may take a ...
... library or in one's mind as "SF classics?"
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Rand hardly counts as SF so she can be tossed out some other window.
Stranger in a Strange Land , Time enough for Love, the cat who walked through walls.
Niven/Pournelle collaborations. One was plenty.
The last two volumes of the ...
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
... be about the war. Don't know if that's true, though. But as a first novel, this book is pretty astounding.
#10> I liked Stranger in a Strange Land when I read it in college, but my guess is that I would share your sentiments is I were to read it now. I never did like anything Heinlein wrote ...
... be about the war. Don't know if that's true, though. But as a first novel, this book is pretty astounding.
#10> I liked Stranger in a Strange Land when I read it in college, but my guess is that I would share your sentiments is I were to read it now. I never did like anything Heinlein wrote ...
... give it back. It's actually good light reading to do before you go to bed...less stuff to think about. I am also re-reading Stranger in a Strange Land , but the original, uncut version. I loved this book then, and I am loving it even more now. I've also decided to add Children of Dune to the ...
Stranger in a Strange Land
... and short stories in the series
Foundation from Isaac Asimov despite the rather cardboardy characters
As a classic, Stranger in a Strange Land from Robert A. Heinlein though it's not a personal favourite
For Ursula K. Le Guin, I'm going to nominate Word for World Is Forest though, ...
consider phlebas and the rest of culture- very overrated.
Heinlein - some more than others, but stranger in a strange land I wouldn't recommend to anyone.
Left hand of darkness ditto. It was probably groundbreaking when it was writen 40 years ago, but it's just dull and meaningless ...
>17 rojse
Mission Earth ain't Heinlein! Heinlein only nearly started a religion with Stranger in a Strange Land , Lron gon' an' went and dun it!
... take an example of someone who the contributors to this thread seem to agree has "no style." Right at the beginning of Stranger in a Strange Land , we find this: "Eight humans, crowded together for almost three Terran years, had better get along much better than humans usually did. An all-m ...
... More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea by Tom Reynolds
77. Percy and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
76. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
75. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
74. Kiln People by David Brin
73. Timeline by Michael Crichton
June ...
... by Frank Herbert
Ringworld by Larry Niven
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
Stranger in a Strange Land Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley
Stand on Zanzibar by Jo ...
...
Day of the triffids and Chocky by John Wyndham;
The glass bees;
The once and future king;
Solaris;
Stranger in a strange land ;
Day of the dolphin;
Do androids dream of electric sheep;
Slaughter-house five;
The dispossessed**;
Hitchhiker's guide to the ...
I'm currently reading Stranger in a Strange Land for the first time.
Still to come this year, I have Stranger in a Strange Land , Second Stage Lensman, Jack of Eagles, The Left Hand of Darkness, To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Lord Valentine's Castle and Radix. Some of them I'm expecting to be pants. No prizes for guessing which ones.
... for newbies that I'd include that seem undervoted:
Nostrilia by Cordwainer Smith
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster ...
... I did not even know the other books about the Murrays existed until about fifteen years ago.
In junior high (late 60's) Stranger in a Strange Land was a bit of a cult book, but I never went on to other Heinlein or other science fiction.
Somehow, my reading diversified in spite of my ...
... such as Ray Bradbury with Fahrenheit 451, Foundation series by Asimov, and also Robert A. Heinlein, esp Stranger in a Strange Land . A personal favorite of mine is Connie Willis The Doomsday Book. Orson Scott Card, Ender Series is on my tbr pile, my sons have enjoyed ...
Science Fiction:
1. Vonda N. McIntyre: Dreamsnake (in Finnish)
2. Robert A. Heinlein: Stranger in a Strange Land (in English)
3. Brian Aldiss: Helliconia Spring (in Finnish)
4. Brian Aldiss: Helliconia Summer (in Finnish)
5. Brian Aldiss: Helliconia Winter
6. A ...
... I don't like all of RAH. I like most of the juveniles, but not all, I like some of the later work but not all. So even if Stranger in a Strange Land makes it on the list, I might not recommend it, because I don't have fond memories of it. (Grok) But if The Moon is a Harsh Mistress fails to ...
You're more than welcome, BillieJean. Always happy to make another William Gibson addict. ;)
13. April 14th - Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein. Yet another reread. I must be having an attack of the deja vu's.
... to be science fiction because he used it for purposes of allegory). What finally tipped me into the more popular stuff was Stranger in a Strange Land pushed on me by a guy I dated in college. But then I found the women who wrote science fiction such as C.L. Moore and Ursula K. LeGuin. Won ...
... have an exact count, but it would have to be one of the following: The Lord of the Rings, The Brothers Karamazov, or Stranger in a Strange Land .
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
Time of the Great Freeze, by Robert Silverberg.
7) What is the worst book ...
1) What author do you own the most books by?
Mercedes Lackey (83!)
2) What book do you own the most copies of? Stranger in a Strange Land (4)
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
Didn't notice until you mentioned it. Don't care.
4) What fictional ...
... by Spider Robinson
Enemy Mine by not_Kay Hooper_/ Barry Longyear
The People: No Different Flesh by Zenna Henderson
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
Captain Empirical by Sam Nicholson
Ensign Flannery Shortstories by Poul Anderson
For entertainment I love Bujold, Chee ...
To me, Stranger in a Strange Land was a way to make a lot of money from a lot of happy hippies. They had no idea what they were reading, thought it was about them. It was about Heinlein's bank balance. Remember "Grok"? Help me.
I now go find Storm Constantine. Little suspicious of the ...
... Booksnob. It's OK to not be a Pynchonite. He's an acquired taste and people have different tastes.
I also read Stranger in a Strange Land -- my girlfriend is a big Heinlein fan -- and I wasn't all that impressed. Granted, Jubal has some funny monologues railing against organized ...
... me, I see mention of one of the worst scifi books ever written (if you remove anything ever scribbled by L. Ron Hubbard): Stranger in a Strange Land . As a lad, that one made me rip pages.
But back to the good stuff. I'm rereading Graham Greene because I have to. Brighton Rock comes ...
... onto them when they should have long since put away childish things. Books such as Foundation, Rendezvous with Rama, Stranger in a Strange Land , etc., I loved when I read as a young teenager. Now I find them almost unreadable. As Terry Pratchett once said, "If you're 14 years old and you ...
10. Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A. Heinlein
Had a feeling I wasn't going to like this, the old masters of sci-fi don't always deliver and this is one of those duds. Heinlein is more boisterous than his peers and the free-love angle adds an unexpected randiness not always evident in ...
... smart enough to figure out the pitfalls of such actions. Heinlein was offered the opportunity to create-chair a cult after Stranger in a Strange Land , and he was succinct about it … he told his fans it was nothing but a story, and could not be carried over into the real world without leading ...
Neg: I got only about one-quarter into Stranger in a Strange Land before I just couldn't take any more of Heinlein's beyond-ridiculous female characters.
Pos: Crippen, by John Boyne. Historical fiction is usually hit-or-miss, and more often miss, if you're a snob. This, however, was a ...
Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith. - Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. - William Gibson, Neuromancer
No one would have believed in the last years of the ...
... Julian May
Fortress of Owls by C. J. Cherryh
Shardik by Richard Adams
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heilein (uncut)
When Christ and his Saints Slept by Sharon K. Penman
The Reckoning by Sharon K. Penman
Dirk Gently's Holistic ...
... consider that Superman as a character has had religious overtones from his inception.
He mentions Dune and Stranger in a Strange Land
Now on to Stranger in a Strange Land: The Original Uncut by Robert A. Heinlein.
Just out of interest, how many books does everyone tend to go through a month? (I'm sorry if this is an age old topic!)
... of minutes from a Brezhnev-era Politburo committee meeting -- she hasn't pushed any more Heinlein on me. I did like Stranger in a Strange Land , but the critiques on organized religion were "near beer" for me. Since I read my share of DAF Sade, my reaction was, "How was this ever ...
... to go in.
I got:
Fortress in the Eye of Time by C. J. Cherryh
The Mountains of Majipoor by Robert Silverberg
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Freedom's Challenge by Anne McCaffrey
Ghost King by David Gemmell
The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks
The ...
35. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Whisper, difficult to believe, huh? ;) But he stopped smiling at the end ;)
Well, the book is good, nothing is missing in it. But it's not for me. I did not feel good while reading, the style of writing did not really reach me. I have ...
... to make six nominations:
(3) Neuromancer - William Gibson
(3) I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman
(3) Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlen
(3) Dune - Frank Herbert
(3) Earth Abides - George Stewart
(3) Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
The Poll:
http:// ...
(3) Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
(3) Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlen
(3) Dune - Frank Herbert
(3) Neuromancer - William Gibson
(2) I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman
(2) A Dream Of Wessex - Christopher Priest
(2) A Door Into Ocean - Joan Slonczewsk ...
... SF at an impressionable age. But adults can enjoy it just as much as young teens, i'd think.
For goodness sakes not stranger in a strange land the ur hippie sf book of the 60s and a favorite of Charles Manson's.
... commonly-used groups in fiction. But as an example, I've used:
Terminal Freeze
Terra Prime (cable channel)
Stranger in a Strange Land
Old Ones
Fair Witnesses
Fosterites
Osler's Web
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Searching for Schindler
Schindlerjuden
The Pl ...
... book focuses on the inhumanity of war, the social dislocation of returning soldiers, etc.
Religion
Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land usually gets people going. It certainly does me...
Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (the movie "Blade Runner" was based ...
(3) Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
(3) Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlen
(2) Dune - Frank Herbert
(2) Neuromancer - William Gibson
(2) I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman
(2) A Dream Of Wessex - Christopher Priest
(2) A Door Into Ocean - Joan Slonczewsk ...
I think that we are seconding now, right? I second (or third, I guess) Stranger in a Strange Land .
--BJ
... azantzakis
36. On the Road = Jack Kerouac
37. Rabbit, Run - John Updike
38. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
39. Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
Is that all?!? Wow. I'd better get busy.
... azantzakis
36. On the Road = Jack Kerouac
37. Rabbit, Run - John Updike
38. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
39. Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
Is that all?!? Wow. I'd better get busy.
... azantzakis
36. On the Road = Jack Kerouac
37. Rabbit, Run - John Updike
38. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
39. Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
Is that all?!? Wow. I'd better get busy.
... else gets a second in the next couple days. Right now the five books are:
(3) Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
(2) Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlen
(2) Dune - Frank Herbert
(2) Earth Abides - George Stewart
(2) I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman
... and the top five (or more, if there is a tie) go to a poll.
Currently:
(3) Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
(2) Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlen
(2) Dune - Frank Herbert
(2) Earth Abides - George Stewart
A Million Open Doors - John Barnes
The Lights in the Sky ...
I thought we would wait until our nominations were finalised before we do secondments, but okay...
(2) Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlen
(2) Dune - Frank Herbert
(2) Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
(2) Earth Abides - George Stewart
A Million Open Doors - John Barnes
...
I'll second Stranger in a Strange Land .
I nominate:
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
The Lights in the Sky Are Stars by Fredric Brown
Escapement by Jay Lake
How about some classics. You know, those books I'm the only person here who has not read:
Dune (just Dune)
Stranger in a Strange Land
The Stars My Destination
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I remember reading Stranger in a Strange Land in the mid 60s (all my friends in Military School were reading it), I was probably 15 or 16 and it was the first sci-fi book I ever read. I loved it. I actually remember thinking about the merger of the political right wing religious group that ...
What kswolff said about Palin seemed plausible. Another example of getting it right was Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein. He predicted the religious right and political conservatives would merge into one political party. That was spot on for the evolution of the GOP. Considering that he ...
no? no Naked Lunch? Well, I don't blame you. It's pretty sick. How about Stranger in a Strange Land ?
1984 by George Orwell
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
...
What I'm saying is that we also have to remember that folks are going to author pages to see what was published. In the Stranger in a Strange Land case, this was done for the 30th anniversary and his estate took great pains to restore the text as intended. There's a lot of subtext and Heinle ...
I have no opinion on the others but re: Stranger in a Strange Land I have read/compared them and am squarely ambivalent leaning towards "combined". RAH is my most favorite author but I simply don't care whether these are combined or separated. The story doesn't change, the plotline ...
... with the hard cuts he had to make in 1978 to make a sellable copy for the editors.
And I've discovered now that Stranger in a Strange Land has had its original 400 page and the 525 page uncut editions combined...
To me these aren't even discussions - these are different works. Thi ...
... Charles Webb
58. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest Ken Kesey
59. A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess
60. Stranger in a Strange Land Robert Heinlein
61. Catch 22 Joseph Heller
62. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
63. Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe
...
... I can get my hands on. I enjoyed almost all of it. Favorites include Job: A Comedy of Justice and Time Enough for Love. Stranger in a Strange Land is the first Sci-fi book I ever read, and has inspired me to collect quite a bit more. I credit Heinlein with opening up a whole new world for me. ...
My favorites:
Stranger in a Strange Land
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
I Will Fear No Evil
The Number of the Beast
Starship Troopers
Ones I didn't like:
Job - Boring
Double Star - Too short and not enough about the Mars.
I have some others I know I haven't read ...
My favorites:
Starship Troopers
Time Enough for Love
Good but didn't live up to the hype (IMHO)
Stranger in a Strange Land
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Wierd/Bad/Couldn't Finish
The Cat who Walks Through Walls
The Number of the Beast
I Will Fear no Evil
Honorable ...
Liked most of the early stuff, especially Stranger in a Strange Land . I think that was my first Heinlein.
Loved Friday, but had to slough through Name of the Beast.
I also really liked The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
I still have all the Heinlein's that I or my husband ever bought ...
... Enough for Love
Starship Troopers
Middle:
juveniles, Farnham's Freehold, Sixth Column
Least Favorites:
Stranger In a Strange Land
final quarter mostly
Orphans of the Sky
also not really enamored of the last chapters of a number of his adult novels - examples:
Number ...
Loved Stranger in a Strange Land ...do not dislike any of his books. Stranger turned out to be prophetic re. the merging of the right wing of the Republican Party with Christian extremists...way too prophetic!
... ever read. I liked all of them. My favorites included Between Planets, The Star Beast, and Door into Summer. I read Stranger in a Strange Land as a college freshman in the mid-60s and loved it. What can I say? It was the times, and my time. I read the rest of the "mature" heinlein novels ...
Liked:
- Starship Troopers
- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Ambivalent:
- Stranger in a Strange Land
- Double Star
Didn't Like:
- Friday
- The Cat Who Walked Through Walls
Did I start something?
I like Stranger in a Strange Land and Time Enough for Love primarily because I like Heinlein's old men - Jubal probably carried Stranger in my mind. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is another favorite.
It's utterly perverse that I like Heinlein best when he ...
... politics in search of a plot. I Will Fear No Evil is a dirty old man in search of a plot. It's been so long since I read Stranger in a Strange Land I remember little about it. But fear not, I shall be rereading this year as part of my masochistic read a sf classic a month reading challenge. An ...
... revolution so dang boring? Seriously, this was one of the worst reading experiences I ever had.
To be fair, I've read Stranger in a Strange Land and enjoyed it. A bit talky in parts, but altogether fun and subversive.
I've also read Job: A Comedy of Justice, a fun read, but at that ...
kswolff, I have to disagree. Of all the adult stories of Heinlein, I think Moon is my favorite. Stranger in a Strange Land and Groking just do not hold it for me, nor does Job: A comedy of Justice
Now on the juveniles, I have a whole list of favorites. Starship Troopers falls, I think ...
... and I love Bradbury's stories. I got started on the Lazarus Long stories in Heinlein's books and followed the links. I like Stranger in a Strange Land a lot, but The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is a better story and book.
As for Bradbury, both he and David Brin are graduates of my high school, ...
... into just a little too much incest and...well, what do you call sex with a clone?...for me. I also never really caught the Stranger in a Strange Land bug; it was OK, but not his best, imo.
Zelazny is one of my favorites. I think I've read everything by him, not sure.
I have only limited B ...
... Nest Ken Kesey
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis
Dune Frank Herbert
Stranger in a Strange Land Robert Heinlein
Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut
Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte
The Stand Stephen King
Z ...
... for the RL book circle.
One Writer's Beginnings
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty--seeing a pattern here?
Stranger in a Strange Land
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein--hardcovers. Irresistable.
The Beebo Brinker Chronicles by Ann Bannon--a ...
182. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein, 1968
183. Girl With Green Eyes by Edna O'Brien, 1980's
184. Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges, 1970
185. The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing, 1970
186. Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov, 1970, 2009
187. A Clockwork Orange by Ant ...
... Who Loved China by Simon Winchester
A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe
A World Full of Strangers by Cynthia Freeman
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
Land of Marvels by Baryy Unsworth
I just finished Stranger in a strange Land by Heinlein and The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford. Now reading Heart of Darkness, which is okay, and luckily pretty short. :)
... Oprah Winney likes. This is a great list. I could keep going for ages. The Catcher in the Rye is a guy thing. I threw Stranger in a Strange Land out a window. I've also stopped reading Elizabeth George. Actually, just lately I've been chucking books (my world, my life, my favorite ...
Lost in a Good Book at the Lunatic Cafe in Salem's Lot makes me a Stranger in a Strange Land on This Side of Paradise.
... Lord of the Rings was decent.
Writers paid by the word, like Heinlein and L. Ron Hubbard, usually show it. Stranger in a Strange Land was good, but would be better if 40% of it was cut.
... case of adult ADD. Am currently reading:
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
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The title of your blog made me laugh. Do you spend a lot of time in the Pro & Con group?
Regarding Stranger in a Strange Land , even when I was a hard-core Heinlein fan I thought that book was over-rated. If you are going to undertake it, I suggest the original, uncut version. While it is ...
... Street Station or Iron Council. Instead I would suggest The Scar, much more accessible.
Having just reread Stranger in a Strange Land (horrible, horrible, babel) and Gateway (whiny, whiny, stupid), I really liked Neuromancer. Though if you want an updated computer networks/ ...
...
3. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
4. Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin *
5. Ringworld by Larry Niven *
6. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
7. Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
8. Timescape by Gregory Benford
9. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury *
... years ago, but I think it was a little too "dense" reading material for the age I was then. Of Heinlein I've only read Stranger in a Strange Land and, recently for classics book group, Have Spacesuit Will Travel. My older sister loved Le Guin's Wizard of Earthsea trilogy.
Which ones ...
... as well... along with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings which I was surprised when I realized I hadn't read it before.
Stranger in a Strange Land was my absolute favorite of the year though.
None beat out my two favorite books ever (which happen to be on the list) A Prayer For Owen Meany ...
... the great short stories ever written).
When I was 13--many years ago--I was starting to dip into Robert Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land is a classic of sci-fi that is still a fun read. In fact, you might consider looking at the "golden age" of sci-fi for him. More than Human, ...
... a Glass Darkly, Sheridan Le Fanu
28. Icelander, Dustin Long
Wonderful.
29. Live and Let Die, Ian Fleming
30. Stranger in a Strange Land , Robert Heinlein
31. The Areas of My Expertise, John Hodgman
32. Losses, Randel Jarrel (poetry)
33. a million little pieces, James ...
Just started Stranger in a strange Land by Heinlein, which so far (not very far) is excellent!
... to get into it. Also recently reread Dune but found it less spectacular than I remembered it being 30 years ago. And Stranger in a Strange Land ~ talk about being disappointed!
#23 I agree, A Moveable Feast is absolutely wonderful, and I could probably reread that one a few times and ...
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