Stranger in a strange land.

Description

Main Author

Heinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson), 1907-1988

Related Names

Berkley Publishing Group

Language(s)

English

Published

[©1961]
[New York] : Berkley Pub. Corp., [1971]

Subjects

Human-alien encounters > Human-alien encounters / Fiction.
Emotions and cognition > Emotions and cognition / Fiction.
Psychic ability > Psychic ability / Fiction.
Martians > Martians / Fiction.
Science fiction.

Summary

Stranger in a Strange Land is the epic saga of an earthling, Valentine Michael Smith, born and educated on Mars, who arrives on our planet with "psi" powers-telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, telekinesis, teleportation, pyrolysis, and the ability to take control of the minds of others-and complete innocence regarding the mores of man. After his tutelage under a surrogate-father figure, Valentine begins his transformation into a kind of messiah. His exceptional abilities lead Valentine to become many things to many people: freak, scam artist, media commodity, searcher, free-love pioneer, neon evangelist, and martyr.

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"16th printing."

Physical Description

414 pages ; 18 cm.

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