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Content levels
ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentExplicit
LanguageModerate
Trigger warnings
On-Page SexPolyamoryReligious ManipulationViolenceDeath
Positive tags
Self-DiscoveryFound FamilyPhilosophicalComing of Age
Tropes
Fish out of WaterComing of AgeFound FamilyCult FollowingPhilosophical SFHuman Raised by Aliens
Themes
Cultural AnthropologyWhat Makes Us HumanReligion and SpiritualityFree Love and Sexual LiberationAlien Perspective on HumanitySocial CritiqueConsciousness and Understanding
Synopsis
The complete, uncut version of Robert A. Heinlein’s all-time masterpiece, the brilliant novel that grew from a cult favorite to a bestseller to a science fiction classic. Raised by Martians on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith is a human who has never seen another member of his species. Sent to Earth, he is a stranger who must learn what it is to be a man. But his own beliefs and his powers far exceed the limits of humankind, and as he teaches them about grokking and water-sharing, he also inspires a transformation that will alter Earth’s inhabitants forever...
Tags
Philosophical SFSocial SFLiterary SFCounterculture Classic