
Stranger in a Strange Land
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Martin McDougall
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Epic, entertaining, blasphemous, this is the most influential and controversial of Science Fiction novels.
Stranger in a Strange Land caused uproar when it was first published as it savaged conventional religious, sexual, and social ideals. Many years in the future, Valentine Michael Smith's upbringing is exceptional. Orphan child to two astronauts killed in space, he is raised on Mars. Twenty-five years later he is "rescued" and brought back to Earth. The initial enthusiasm of the administration in Smith's safe return is soon dampened by the realisation that they cannot control him. Possessed with superhuman skills and a unique philosophy he threatens their society - Smith must be contained.
Then a nurse helps him escape his hospital jail. Their flight becomes a journey of discovery, enlightenment and wonder. But danger is following fast behind, and there will be no escape from the final confrontation.
©1961 Robert A. Heinlein (P)2012 Hodder & StoughtonThe reader does a good job with a long book. Sometimes the voices lose distinction and it is momentarily hard to work out who is speaking, but that is a minor issue. More difficult is the he uses whispering to indicate some of the "speech" which makes the dialogue un-hearable; good intentions, but doesn't work with an audiobook.
Some parts can drag on ... mainly because their novelty at the time doesn't translate to our modern times, but it's worth persevering. The original draft was 220,000 words, published in 1991, but the editors got him to cut it down to 160,067 words, 1961. I'm not sure which version this is. Received the Hugo Award for Best Novel (Wikipedia).
Still relevant
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Exceptional
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Performance was incredible!
Good goes weird
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I think SIASL deserved its Hugo award in 1962 and deserves to be treated as a key item of Sci Fi.
For me it is not so old and crusty and distant that i can forgive/cope with the aspects of story that have not aged well in 50 years.
If the book was deliberately provocative then it worked.
The trouble is that after 50 years it only half works. I expect it worked better in the 60's and may work better in an 100 years. I detect some sort of temporal uncanny valley thing going on.
I still like the parts of the critique of organised and politically powerful religion and the critique of the prudish part of US culture.
On the other hand the gender roles just don't scan well anymore and i suspect they were borderline even in the 60's. Big chunks of dialog between gendered characters just grate in 2019.
The narration works. I imagine this was a marathon effort for Martin McDougall.
In summary, I figured this would be an interesting experiment after 50 years. It was.
Maybe people should treat this as a literary cod liver oil. Listen despite the odd taste it leaves
An "uncanny valley" of fiction
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Interesting
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