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Stranger in a Strange Land

Robert A. Heinlein

530 pages

About this book

Raised by Martians on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith is a human who has never seen another member of his species. Sent to Earth, he is a stranger who must learn what it is to be a man. But his own beliefs and his powers far exceed the limits of humankind, and as he teaches them about grokking and water-sharing, he also inspires a transformation that will alter Earth’s inhabitants forever...

Themes
Philosophy & Big IdeasSpiritually ChargedThought-ProvokingWhat Does It All Mean?Who Am I?Radical outsider perspectiveRedefining human connectionChallenging societal hypocrisy
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