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Stranger in a Strange Land
Robert A. Heinlein
1961
INTRODUCTION
Robert A. Heinlein is considered one of the greatest authors of the golden age of science fiction, and Stranger in a Strange Land is his most important work. The story revolves around a human returning to Earth after having been raised from birth by Martians and experiencing human culture as an alien. This approach made Stranger in a Strange Land a breakthrough for science fiction, moving it out of the genre and into the mainstream of popular literature.
The novel's depiction of a main character out of touch with the world around him resonated with the youth culture that was