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  1. Stranger in a Strange Land

    by Robert A. Heinlein

    Stranger in a Strange Land is the story of a human brought up on Mars and returns to Earth. Not only does the new arrival, Valentine Michael Smith, need to learn the languages, he must decipher the strange behavior of the people he encounters.

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  2. Starship Troopers

    by Robert A. Heinlein

    In one of Robert Heinlein's most controversial bestsellers, a recruit of the future goes through the toughest boot camp in the Universe - and into battle with the Terran Mobile infantry against mankind's most alarming enemy!

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  3. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

    by Robert A. Heinlein

    The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is a tale of revolution, of the rebellion of the former Lunar penal colony against the Lunar Authority that controls it from Earth. It is the tale of the disparate people--a computer technician, a vigorous young female agitator, and an elderly academic--who become... (learn more about this book)

  4. Time Enough for Love

    by Robert A. Heinlein

    Time Enough For Love follows Lazarus Long through a vast and magnificent timescape of centuries and worlds. It is the story of a man so in love with Life that he refused to stop living it; and so in love with Time that he became his own ancestor.

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  5. The Future History Series

    The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

    by Robert A. Heinlein

    When a stranger attempting to deliver a cryptic message is shot dead at his table, Dr. Richard Ames is thrown headfirst into danger, intrigue, and other dimensions, where a plot to rescue a sentient computer could alter human history.

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  6. Friday

    by Robert A. Heinlein

    Engineered from the finest genes, and trained to be a secret courier in a future world, Friday operates over a near-future Earth, where chaos reigns. Working at Boss's whimsical behest she travels from far north to deep south, finding quick, expeditious solutions as one calamity after another... (learn more about this book)

  7. JOB

    by Robert A. Heinlein

    After he firewalked in Polynesia, the world wasn't the same for Alexander Hergensheimer, now called Alec Graham. As natural accidents occurred without cease, Alex knew Armageddon and the Day of Judgement were near. Somehow he had to bring his beloved heathen, Margrethe, to a state of grace,... (learn more about this book)

  8. Have Spacesuit, Will Travel

    by Robert A. Heinlein

    A classic novel from the mind of the storyteller who captures the imagination of readers from around the world, and across two generations First prize in the Skyway Soap slogan contest was an all-expenses-paid trip to the Moon. The consolation prize was an authentic space suit, and when... (learn more about this book)

  9. The Door into Summer

    by Robert A. Heinlein

    When Dan Davis is crossed in love and stabbed in the back by his business associates, the immediate future doesn't look too bright for him and Pete, his independent-minded tom cat. Suddenly, the lure of suspended animation, the Long Sleep, becomes irresistible and Dan wakes up thirty years... (learn more about this book)

  10. I Will Fear No Evil

    by Robert A. Heinlein

    Once again, master storyteller Robert A. Heinlein delivers a wild and intriguing classic of science fiction. Written at the dawn of the 1970s, this novel is the brilliantly shocking story of the ultimate transplant. As startling and provocative as his famous Stranger in a Strange Land ,... (learn more about this book)

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