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Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein
A product of its time, [b:Stranger in a Strange Land|350|Stranger in a Strange Land|Robert A. Heinlein|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1156897088s/350.jpg|908211], is a deliberately provocative social satire piece that sadly still resonates today despite being written two generations ago. As can be seen by some of the extreme negative reviews on this site (look up satire folks), on the surface the books depicts a ridiculously misogynist society that is both prudishly puritanical and obsessed with sex. Read literally, the book comes across like a lurid misogynist sci-fi fantasy as written by 1960's Playboy magazine. However, [a:Robert A. Heinlein|205|Robert A. Heinlein|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1192826560p2/205.jpg] was not advocating any of these ideas, but rather he was satirizing the real society around him that is hypocritically and condescendingly prudish while secretly, or not so secretly, obsessed with sex and money. His goal with the book was to challenge this hypocrisy. Sadly, while somewhat dated, the book still remains relevant today.