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bmcraec's review
This 1969 novel completely encapsulates the mythology of America, and was an amazing harbinger of the zeitgeist that emerged in full form half a century after its publication. Leiber, one of the lesser known stars of the New Wave of science fiction probably best represented by Harlan Ellison, arguably more insightful. I read this novel sometime in my teens or early adulthood, so this view is now decades old, but the current cultural presentation of modern-day America brought the book back into my mind. One of the best examples of the sociological examination of "normal" society by a visiting alien tropes ever written, IMO.
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