![]() ![]() The story centers around Valentine Michael Smith, a human born on Mars and raised by Martians after the deaths of the entire crew of the first manned mission to the red planet. On the psychological front, the novel can and does retain an impactful message for humans to examine their own foibles. Clearly a product of its time, the novel does not hold up as well on the speculative fiction front. ![]() Heinlein uses the eponymous stranger to stand on a soap box and examine humanity’s penchant for ideology and sexual repression. Robert Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land seeks to both offend and challenge. Regardless of the writer’s intentions, someone is going to be deeply offended or challenged, probably both. Religion and sexuality are two of the most difficult subjects to engage as a writer. ![]()
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