Stranger in a Strange Land

Stranger in a Strange Land

Update: 2020-02-26
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In this podcast, the sisters tackle the iconic Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein. Much discussed by sister Alice in other book groups it is not a fan favorite of either sister but in the end, it has much to offer the serious SF reader.

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01:12 History Lesson 

09:19 Book’s Blurb 

10:08 General Discussion 

17:41 A little bit of family history 

20:04 Heinlein as a writer

22:55 The Characters

33:54 Twenty-First Century goggles 

40:15 Ann cannot pronounce Deus Ex Machina

41:10 Five Questions

 

Music by Carl Miles

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Stranger in a Strange Land

Stranger in a Strange Land

Alice Baker and Ann Spangler