num_pages: 13
description: Stranger in a Strange Land is the epic saga of an earthling, Valentine Michael Smith, born and educated on Mars, who arrives on our planet with psi powers telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, telekinesis, teleportation, pyrolysis, and the ability to take control of the minds of others and complete innocence regarding the mores of man. After his tutelage under a surrogate father figure, Valentine begins his transformation into a kind of messiah. His exceptional abilities lead him to become many things to many freak, scam artist, media commodity, searcher, free love pioneer, neon evangelist, and martyr. Heinlein won his second Hugo Award for this novel, sometimes called his divine comedy and often called his masterpiece. This Blackstone audiobook is the as published version, read from an Ace paperback published in 1987. The full, uncut text was not made available until 1991.
language: English
title: Stranger in a Strange Land
titlecomplete: Stranger in a Strange Land
characters: Valentine Michael Smith, Jubal Harshaw, Gillian Boardman, Ben Caxton
genres: Audiobook, Religion, Philosophy, Novels, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Classics, Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 307660
series: Stranger in a Strange Land
awards: awardedAt: -252432000000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.