ROBERT
HEINLEIN
STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND
Translation Vasilis Kallipolitis
Valentine Michael Smith grew up an orphan on Mars. He was a stranger in a strange land. Now he returns to the Land of his Ancestors, equipped with his innocence and the parapsychic powers taught and transferred to him by the Martians.
He will meet his mentor and, with his help, transform into a charismatic messianic figure who will attempt to create a new society based on understanding, dignity, respect and love.
Eccentric, ornate, wonderfully crafted and flowing, the finest novel by Robert Heinlein -one of the greatest science fiction writers- was the gospel of the university student (and not only) generation of the 60s, in whose dreamlike atmosphere they saw a new religion, the leader of which could lead them to a better tomorrow and a more humane world.
Stranger in a Strange Land has won the Hugo Award.
