Stranger in a Strange Land (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
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
- Setting: Bethesda, Maryland; the Poconos; and Las Vegas
- Principal Characters: Valentine Michael Smith, Jubal E. Harshaw, Anne, Dorcas, Miriam, Gillian Boardman, Ben Caxton, Joseph E. Douglas
- 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 Story:
Valentine Michael Smith was the first human born on Mars, son of two members of the first Earth expedition to the red planet. His mother died in childbirth, and his father soon after; Smith was raised by Martians. Culturally he was a Martian.
When a second expedition arrived on Mars a generation later, they found Smith fully grown and brought him back to Earth. There, he presented a dilemma to the authorities: Through his human parents he inherited vast wealth, but without human cultural understanding he was not competent to control it. Further, under a legal...
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