Stranger in a Strange Land (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert A. Heinlein
- First Published: 1961
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Politics, Sex or sexuality, Murder or homicide, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Extrasensory perception or powers, Extraterrestrial life, Future, Other worlds, Religion, Law or legislation, Fantasy, Antichrist figures, Rites or ceremonies, Earth, Utopias, Mars, Water, Heaven
- Locales: San Francisco, CA, Las Vegas, NV, Mars, Bethesda, MD, Poconos, PA
The Work
Robert A. Heinlein was one of the most popular science-fiction writers of the twentieth century. His best-known work, Stranger in a Strange Land, is a novel that uses the traditional satirical device of observing contemporary society through the eyes of an innocent outsider.
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