Stranger in a Strange Land

[pen_grunt]

I know I shouldn't be surprised--it's a classic--but I'm remarkably pleased with how much I'm enjoying "Stranger in a Strange Land". I hadn't read it before, and automatically assumed it would be one of those overrated things. Something that everyone talks about reading, but no one actually does--or that everyone reads, but no one actually enjoys.

But it's funny, and enjoyable and rich and lovely and bright. I'm ever so delighted with it so far.

Comments

[gwangi.livejournal.com]

When I was 15, I thought it was the single greatest thing ever written. Thank goodness I was all sorts of wrong about that.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

Funny, I just spoke with a co-worker who said the same thing. Apparently, this book is magic to a 15 year old boy.

[eyelid.livejournal.com]

the horrific sexism makes it pretty gross by the end. Heinlein has this deep-seated belief that women exist to serve and please men.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

Thusfar all the blatant misogyny has been centered around one person (I'm not terribly far into it), so I thought it was just a character trait. Hmm....

[yobadself.livejournal.com]

I'll have to read it, then. :D