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Stranger in a Strange Land

by Robert A. Heinlein · 1961

Robert A. Heinlein's science-fiction novel about a human raised on Mars returning to Earth.

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Author of Stranger in a Strange Land, included in Bill Gates's 2022 all-time favorites list.

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Documented citation: Gates included Stranger in a Strange Land in his 2022 all-time favorite books list.

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The first-party Gates Notes page presents these titles as Bill Gates all-time favorite books for holiday 2022; the catalog text is a summary rather than a verbatim quote.

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