Paperback, 720 pages
Spanish language
Published Dec. 20, 1991
"Forastero en tierra extraña" es una novela de ciencia ficción de 1961 del autor estadounidense Robert A. Heinlein. Cuenta la historia de San Valentín Michael Smith, un humano que viene a la Tierra en edad adulta temprana después de nacer en el planeta Marte y criado por los marcianos. La novela explora su interacción con —y eventual transformación de— la cultura extraterrestre. El título es una alusión a la frase en Éxodo 2:22. Según Heinlein, el título de trabajo de la novela era The Heretic. Varias ediciones posteriores del libro lo han promovido como "La más famosa novela de ficción científica jamás escrita".
This did not age well. Not a bad book, but it was better if I was a bit more racist and a lot more sexist.
After hearing about how controversial Stranger in a Strange Land was when it was published, I had to read it. I really enjoyed it. Reading other reviews, I realize that there are a lot of hugely problematic gender issues on the book, some of which I noticed and some of which I seem to have skimmed over. That said, I still found it fascinating, enjoyable, and a really good book. I feel that Heinlein really had something when Mike talks about grokking why humans laugh. It continues to strike me as particularly profound the insight that humans laugh to deal with the painful and frightening.
Summary: problematic? Yes. Also a really interesting book, well worth reading.
