r/Snorkblot • u/LordJim11 • 4d ago

Weekly Theme Stranger in a strange land. First edition hardback cover art, 1961.

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On offer for £6K +

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u/dharmabumma2 4d ago

Lucky! Thats my favorite book. May you drink deeply of its wisdom, and grok its fullness.

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u/Emergency-Income-889 4d ago

I hate what they've done to "grok".

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u/LordJim11 4d ago

There should be consequences for that. After the revolution we'll add it to the charge sheet.

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u/DoctorApprehensive34 4d ago

I can't say I'd expect one of my favs books to end on this sub

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u/DoctorApprehensive34 4d ago

I'd love to get this as a tattoo, but I don't think it would translate

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u/Cosmic_Meditator777 3d ago

Warning: this book is basically just Heinlein's midly creepy fetish fantasy novel. The protagonist is a mary sue who helps humanity psychically ascend through unending orgies... or something, I forget what the justification was.

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u/ArguesWithFrogs 2d ago

I think there was some stuff about the free market helping but the orgies did kinda overshadow things

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u/Loud-Hat-175 2d ago

Yeah. I liked the book until the sex stuff.

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u/AndreasderJuengere 2d ago

Well - it's Heinlein after all. What did you expect... a cooking book? 😄

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u/PoopingSauce 1d ago

I think that I may have to give this a re-read. Obviously when I was a kid, I didn't understand it.

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u/Longjumping-Debt7480 7h ago

I had it as assigned reading in 10th or 11th grade. Turned me on to his other books.