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SUMMARY:Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein (1st December 2025)
DESCRIPTION:Dear Replicant\,\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;one of the great joys of
  running the Science Fiction Book Club is that the late great Mr Iain M. B
 anks agreed to be our President\, not only that but he provided us with a 
 list of what he considered to be some of the most significant SciFi books 
 ever published for us to read\, and hopefully enjoy\, at the end of each y
 ear.\n\nSo it is with great pleasure that we introduce the 6th Mr Presiden
 t's Annual Book Choice\, Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein.\n\
 nSigned\nGerard\,\nYour Glorious Leader ®\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe original unc
 ut edition of STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by Hugo Award winner Robert A Hei
 nlein - one of the most beloved\, celebrated science-fiction novels of all
  time. Epic\, ambitious and entertaining\, STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND caus
 ed controversy and uproar when it was first published and is still topical
  and challenging today.\n\nTwenty-five years ago\, the first manned missio
 n to Mars was lost\, and all hands presumed dead. But someone survived...\
 n\nBorn on the doomed spaceship and raised by the Martians who saved his l
 ife\, Valentine Michael Smith has never seen a human being until the day a
  second expedition to Mars discovers him.\nUpon his return to Earth\, a yo
 ung nurse named Jill Boardman sneaks into Smith's hospital room and shares
  a glass of water with him\, a simple act for her but a sacred ritual on M
 ars.\n\nNow\, connected by an incredible bond\, Smith\, Jill and a writer 
 named Jubal must fight to protect a right we all take for granted: the rig
 ht to love.\n\nPlease note: We're reading the 1991 expanded version of the
  text\, and all links below are to that version of the novel.\n\n'Certainl
 y among the most influential...science fiction novel[s] of all time' THE G
 UARDIAN\n\n'One of the grand masters of science fiction' WALL STREET JOURN
 AL\n
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