Stranger in a Strange Land is a 1961 science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein. It tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human who comes to Earth in early adulthood after being born on the planet Mars and raised by Martians, and explores his interaction with …
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Stranger in a Strange Land is a 1961 science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein. It tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human who comes to Earth in early adulthood after being born on the planet Mars and raised by Martians, and explores his interaction with and eventual transformation of Terran culture. The title "Stranger in a Strange Land" is a direct quotation from the King James Bible (taken from Exodus 2:22). The working title for the book was "A Martian Named Smith", which was also the name of the screenplay started by a character at the end of the novel.Heinlein's widow Virginia arranged to have the original unedited manuscript published in 1991, three years after Heinlein's death. Critics disagree about which version is superior. Stranger in a Strange Land won the 1962 Hugo Award for Best Novel and became the first science fiction novel to enter The New York Times Book Review's best-seller list. In 2012, the Library of Congress named it one of 88 "Books that Shaped America".
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Forastero en tierra extraña
Paperback, 720 pages
Spanish language
Published Dec. 20, 1991
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- 978-84-233-2065-3Copied ISBN!
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Stranger in a Strange Land
528 pages
English language
Published Nov. 11, 1991
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- 978-0-441-78838-5Copied ISBN!
Stranger in a Strange Land
525 pages
English language
Published Nov. 11, 1991
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- 978-0-399-13586-6Copied ISBN!
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- 782851
Stranger in a Strange Land
525 pages
English language
Published Nov. 11, 1991
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- 978-0-399-13586-6Copied ISBN!
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Fremder in einer fremden Welt
668 pages
German language
Published Nov. 11, 1996
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- 978-3-404-24214-6Copied ISBN!
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- 1035526
Stranger in a Strange Land
Audiobook
English language
Published April 1, 1996 by Blackstone Publishing.
Stranger in a Strange Land
English language
Published Nov. 11, 2016
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- 978-0-14-311162-7Copied ISBN!
Stranger in a Strange Land
English language
Published Nov. 11, 2005
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- 978-0-340-83795-5Copied ISBN!
Stranger in a Strange Land
English language
Published June 1, 2007
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- 978-0-340-93834-8Copied ISBN!
Straniero in terra straniera
Italian language
Published Nov. 11, 2009
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- 978-88-347-1053-1Copied ISBN!
Stranger in a Strange Land
English language
Published Nov. 11, 2002
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- 978-0-7861-2229-5Copied ISBN!
Stranger in a Strange Land
525 pages
Published Nov. 11, 1991
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