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Posted by TheDisgruntledPostman (Member # 7200) on :

I just finished Stranger in a Strange land (Robert Heinlen) and i must say, great book. An all around great sci-fi novel, and a fantastic story and meaning. For those who have a week or so to spare should pick it up at a library and give it a try, and those who have read it, what did you think?

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

Grok

Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :

Lobster!

Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

I like it a lot, despite some authorial excess and a goodly chunk of outright preaching. But my goal in life is to attain Jubal Harshaw's status, although I'll prolly rough it out with just the one woman around.

Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :

Storm: [ROFL]

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

I have always enjoyed it-- as a story. I don't agree with a lot of the stuff in it, but that's fine, it's a good story anyway.

Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :

I've seen at least two "God Groks" bumper stickers around town.

Posted by Samarkand (Member # 8379) on :

I do love Heinlein - but dear God, that man writes women like he's never met one.

I grok. Do you grok?

Posted by Libbie (Member # 9529) on :

quote:
Originally posted by TheDisgruntledPostman:
I just finished Stranger in a Strange land (Robert Heinlen) and i must say, great book. An all around great sci-fi novel, and a fantastic story and meaning. For those who have a week or so to spare should pick it up at a library and give it a try, and those who have read it, what did you think?

AWESOME! I love this book. It really is great sci-fi. Heinlen was the man.

Posted by TheDisgruntledPostman (Member # 7200) on :

ha, yeah, he does undermind the woman status in this book, leaving them to be secrataries and sexual commatities, but other than that, i found the story to be really good, and the whole grokking thing, awsome.

Posted by Abyss (Member # 3086) on :

Heinlein was certainly no feminist, but Stranger in a Strange Land definently isn't the book to call him out on. It's filled with strong female characters who generally challenge society rather than conform to it -- and while Jubal has three lovely lady secretaries, they aren't subservient to him and they don't service him sexually. One of them is even a Fair Witness, which is clearly a position requiring an impressive education. Stranger is pretty fair to women.

- Abyss

Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

The book was written in 1961. It's about as feminist as you could get for that time period.

Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :

Both the men and women in his novels are kind of two-dimensional, thriller-esque type creatures whoe sole existence often seemed to be living platitudes. That is to say, I wouldn't call his men very well drawn characters, either. [Smile]

I enjoy reading Heinlein, don't get me wrong, but realism was not his strong point.