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Stranger in a Strange Land

Mon, 10/27/2003 - 11:02am — eddycurrents

I bought this as an audiobook and I'm about 1/3 of the way into it.

It is a little dated, although not as bad as I thought it would be. There could still be an advanced civilization on Mars, we don't really know yet. What dates the book more is what is missing from it -- email, internet, wireless, nanotech.

That aside, the writing is wonderful. Heinlein's dialogue is some of the best I have ever read and the characters are fascinating. The plot immediately pulled me in. Heinlein has created a convincing alien civilization and reveals it slowly.

I can't comment further, yet...

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Fri, 11/07/2003 - 9:52pm — camidon
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Re:Stranger in a Strange Land

For your next post: You shalln't comment; you shall grok.

Good Book. Says more about ourselves than science fiction stuff; all good science fiction books SHOULD, even if Humans aren't present. Even in his juvenile/adventure fiction, Heinlein knows how to comment about humanity. I should pull it out. Still like The Moon is a Harsh Mistress best of all his works, but I fully grok Stranger in a Strange Land.

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Life is a lot like caving: Most of the time you grope around in the dark.