Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert Heinlein
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0450044327
- ISBN 13
- 9780450044328
- Seller
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Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
Stranger in a Strange Land 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 adulthood. The novel explores his interaction with — and eventual transformation of — Earth culture. The novel's title refers to the Biblical Book of Exodus. According to Heinlein in Grumbles from the Grave, the novel's working title was The Heretic.
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- Bookseller
- Fireside Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 719371
- Title
- Stranger in a Strange Land
- Author
- Robert Heinlein
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0450044327
- ISBN 13
- 9780450044328
- Publisher
- New English Library
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 9x6x1
- Bookseller catalogs
- MODERN FIRST EDITIONS;
- X weight
- 22 oz
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