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Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein | |
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Robert A(nson) Heinlein | | Variant Name: |
Robert A(nson) Heinlein, Robert Anson Heinlein, Anson MacDonald, Lyle Monroe, John Riverside, Caleb Saunders, Simon York, Robert (Anson) Heinlein | | Birth Date: |
July 7, 1907 | | Death Date: |
May 8, 1988 | | Place of Birth: |
Butler, Missouri | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
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 Biography of Robert A(nson) Heinlein
15701 words, approx. 52.3 pages
 Robert Anson Heinlein was born in Butler, Missouri, a small town some sixty-five miles south of Kansas City. He and his six brothers and sisters were raised in Kansas City, where he attended grade school and high school, graudating from Central High in 1...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Stranger in a Strange Land Summary
3,799 words, approx. 13 pagesStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein Robert Anson Heinlein was born on July 7, 1907, in Butler, Missouri. He dropped out of the University of Missouri in 1925 to enlist in the U.S. Navy, in which he served as an officer on several ships,... summary from source:
 Stranger in a Strange Land Information
5,440 words, approx. 18 pages
 <i>Stranger in a Strange Land</i> is a best-selling 1961 Hugo Award-winning science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein. It tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human raised by Martians on the planet Mars, upon his return to Earth in early...
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 Creators.com Horoscopes by Holiday for December 16
12/16/2007: 910 words, approx. 3 pagesHey, Sleeping Beauties: The Pisces moon awakens from its deep slumber our need to believe in a magical world. In childlike wonder, we ask: Do fairies really exist? Can I change a thing by thinking it, by wanting it? This dreaming is serious business. By...
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 Critical Essay by Joseph D. Olander and Martin Harry Greenberg
624 words, approx. 2 pages
Robert A. Heinlein is an outstanding figure in modern American science fiction. He has published voluminously, his science fiction sells well, and his work continues to be in print. His Stranger in a Strange Land and Starship Troopers have sold in the millions, especially in college bookstores. He has been described as one of the "fathers" of modern science fiction. He is also one of the few science fiction writers who have helped in making science fiction well known in "mainstream�... summary from source:
Critical Essay by Algis Budrys
533 words, approx. 2 pages
There are two ways to review Robert A. Heinlein's work since Stranger in a Strange Land, excepting … The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. With that exception, there is a pre-1961 Heinlein and then there is this "new" fellow…. The old Heinlein was a crisp, slick wordsmith of uncommon intelligence and subtlety. His gift for characterization was sharp within its narrow limits, and those limits were fortuitously placed to include the archetypical science fiction hero…. All his... summary from source:
Critical Essay by R. A. Jelliffe
391 words, approx. 1 pages
[Heinlein's] own statement of his intent in writing [Stranger in a Strange Land] may well be noted; but it is not necessarily the reader's best guide in his perusal of it. "My purpose in this book," the author says, "was to examine every major axiom of the western culture, to question each axiom, throw doubt on it—and, if possible, to make the antithesis of each axiom appear a possible and perhaps desirable thing—rather than unthinkable." An ambitious ...
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