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