Books That Shaped America
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Robert E. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land (1961)

Robert E. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) (085.00.00)

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The first science fiction novel to become a bestseller, Stranger in a Strange Land is the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human raised on Mars by Martians (his parents were on the first expedition to Mars and he was orphaned when the crew perished) who then returns to Earth about twenty years later. Smith has psychic powers but complete ignorance of human mores. The book has become a cult classic.
The first science fiction novel to become a bestseller, <em>Stranger in a Strange Land</em> is the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human raised on Mars by Martians (his parents were on the first expedition to Mars and he was orphaned when the crew perished) who then returns to Earth about twenty years later. Smith has psychic powers but complete ignorance of human mores. The book has become a cult classic.