penleguin 's review for:

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein

4.0

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Fascinating and thoughtful, this sci-fi story follows a Martian after he arrives on a near-future earth and attempts to learn human culture, while simultaneously coming into his own mystifying powers. Heinlein examines (and picks apart) notions of organized religion and capitalism, while favorably depicting communal families, and casual and group sex. A good read with charming characters (Jubul is my favorite), just brace yourself for some of the casual misogyny and racism that often appears in the fiction of this era (early 1960s).