Stranger in a Strange Land (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert A. Heinlein
- First Published: 1961
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction
- Time of Work: Early twenty-first century
- 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
Places Discussed
*Mars. Fourth planet from the Sun and the birthplace of Valentine Michael “Mike” Smith, the title character and only survivor of the first human expedition to that planet. All the original members of the expedition die shortly after Mike is born, but native Martians raise him to physical adulthood. World War III prevents a second expedition until twenty years later. When that expedition returns to Earth, they bring Mike home with them.
When Heinlein finished his juvenile novel Red Planet (1949), he felt he had enough unused background material...
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