Robert A. Heinlein
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IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 25
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A young man from Mars comes to Earth & must learn our strange ways. After his arrival on Earth from his home on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith becomes the founder and pastor of a new religious sect and the sensation he creates teaches Earth some unforgettable lessons, including grokking, watersharing, and love. One of the greatest science fiction novels ever published, Stranger in a Strange Land's original manuscript had 60,000 words cut. Here at last,...
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After he firewalked in Polynesia, the world wasn't the same for Alexander Hergensheimer, now called Alec Graham. As natural accidents occurred without cease, Alex knew Armageddon and the Day of Judgement were near. Somehow he had to bring his beloved heathen, Margrethe, to a state of grace, and, while he was at it, save the rest of the world ....
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1989, c1980
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A universe-hopping foursome fleeing an alien menance are determined to keep them from revealing the existence of their continuum device. With an infinite supply of alternate universes to choose from, the four heroes manage to locate the original Oz and settle down.
7) Red planet
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"Marking the first appearance of the Martian elder race taht plays such a prominent role in Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein's iconic Red Planet tells the story of Jim Marlowe and Frank Sutton's jurney to the Lowe Academy boarding school on Mars, and the discoveries they make there that impact the guture of their entire colony" -- back cover.
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Prophetic science fiction: Life-line; The Roads Must Roll; Blowups Happen; The Man Who Sold the Moon; Delilah and the Spacerigger; Space Jockey; Requiem; The Long Watch; Gentlemen, Be Seated; The Black Pits of Luna; "It's Great to Be Back!"; "We Also Walk Dogs"; Searchlight; Ordeal in Space; The Green Hills of Earth; Logic of Empire; The Menace from Earth; "If This Goes On ..."; Conventry; Misfit; and Methuselah's Children.
15) A Heinlein Trio
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c1951, 1956, 1957
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The Puppet Masters: A tale of skylike creatures, arriving in saucer-shaped craft, to enslave humans by controlling their minds and directing their thoughts and actions. Double Star: A jobless actor in the year 2100 cadges a drink from a space pilot and finds himself shanghaied to Mars for the most important and dangerous role of his career. The Door Into Summer: An engineer falls victim to his invention, a freezing process that kept him in suspended...
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c1980
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Many other stories and nonfiction pieces (some dated by their survivalist Cold War era themes) are included; another of interest is "No Bands Playing, No Flags Flying," which tells the slightly fictionalized tale of courage and TB treatments (which Heinlein himself underwent) in the pre-WW2 Navy. His survivalist pieces may seem dated or extremist today, yet for the cold war climate (and today's constant threat of terrorism), the message is still clear:...
19) Between planets
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1978, c1951
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Don Harvey was attending school on Earth when his parents suddenly and urgently called him home to Mars. He had been skeptical about the talk of interplanetary war breaking out if Mars and Venus followed through on their threats to declare independence from Earth, but he was wrong. War broke out, and he was stuck on Venus, with no way of getting home. Then there was the ring that an old family friend had given him just before he had left Earth. Shortly...
20) Variable star
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2006
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This coming-of-age tale follows Joel Johnston. After he finds out his fiancee has been lying to him--she is not a fellow orphan, but a wealthy heiress--Joel travels to a distant planet to flee his broken heart. The struggling musician finds work tending crops, and eventually finds much more in his new home.