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Mr. Gasket Thermocap - 16 PSI - Red - 2471R

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Mr. Gasket Thermocap - 16 PSI - Red - 2471ROverview: The fastest, easiest way to know exactly when it's safe to open your radiator cap. ThermoCap, with its built in calibrated thermometer, indicates the coolant temperature. Features: Indicates coolant temperature Helps prevent coolant injuries Fahrenheit and centigrade readings Color coded temperature ranges Integrated coolant reclamation valve Improves under hood appearance Chromed crown with a colored trim ring Application: Year Make Model

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The fastest, easiest way to know exactly when it's safe to open your radiator cap. ThermoCap, with its built-in calibrated thermometer, indicates the coolant temperature.

Features:

  • Indicates coolant temperature
  • Helps prevent coolant injuries
  • Fahrenheit and centigrade readings
  • Color-coded temperature ranges
  • Integrated coolant reclamation valve
  • Improves under-hood appearance
  • Chromed crown with a colored trim ring

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1991 - 1993 Chevrolet C3500HD
1972 - 1973 Ford M-400
1972 Jeep Commando 232/3.8 L6
1972 Jeep Commando 304/5 V8
1972 Jeep Commando 258/4.2 L6
1991 - 1993 GMC C3500HD 454/7.4 V8
1969 - 1974 American Motors Javelin 232/3.8 L6
1972 - 1974 American Motors Javelin 258/4.2 L6
1972 - 1974 American Motors Javelin 304/5 V8
1991 - 1993 GMC C3500HD 350/5.7 V8
1957 - 1973 Ford P-100
1973 - 1974 GMC Transmode
1969 - 1973 Jeep J-100
1966 GMC PB2500 Van
1966 GMC PB3500 Van
1966 GMC 2500
1958 - 1967 American Motors American
1955 - 1960 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery
1957 - 1966 Jeep F-134
1961 - 1966 Ford Econoline
1960 - 1972 Jeep M151
1964 - 1993 GMC G1500
1962 - 1965 Ford Capri
1967 Ford Econoline 240/3.9 L6
1988 - 1993 Ford F Super Duty 460/7.5 V8
1981 - 1988 GMC General -/- --
1981 - 1988 GMC Astro -/- --
1990 - 1993 Ford F600 LPO 429/7 V8
1990 - 1991 Ford F600 LPO 370/6.1 V8
1980 - 1987 Ford C800 429/7 V8
1969 - 1983 Jeep DJ5
1967 - 1972 GMC C15/C1500 Suburban 250/4.1 L6
1985 - 1986 Chrysler Executive Limousine
1967 - 1972 GMC C15/C1500 Suburban 292/4.8 L6
1967 - 1969 GMC C15/C1500 Suburban 305/5 V6
1992 - 1993 Chevrolet P6000
1992 - 1993 GMC P6500 366/6 V8
1992 - 1993 GMC P6500 427/7 V8
1979 - 1990 Chevrolet P40
1979 - 1986 GMC P4500
1985 - 1990 GMC P4500 292/4.8 L6
1967 - 1968 GMC C15/C1500 Suburban 327/5.3 V8
1987 - 1990 GMC P4500 262/4.3 V6
1967 - 1968 GMC C15/C1500 Suburban 351/5.7 V6
1967 - 1974 GMC C25/C2500 Suburban 250/4.1 L6
1967 - 1968 GMC C25/C2500 Suburban 327/5.3 V8
1983 - 1993 Chevrolet P60
1955 - 1983 Ford F-100
1969 - 1973 Ford Mustang 351/5.8 V8
1966 - 1968 Ford Ranchero 200/3.3 L6
1967 - 1969 Ford Ranchero 390/6.4 V8
1968 - 1979 Ford Mustang 302/5 V8
1969 - 1973 Ford Mustang 250/4.1 L6
1974 - 1978 Ford Mustang II 171/2.8 V6
1968 - 1969 Ford Ranchero 428/7 V8
1955 - 1976 Ford P-350
1956 Ford Park Lane Wagon 223/3.6 L6
1971 - 1973 Ford Pinto 98/1.6 L4
1971 - 1974 Ford Pinto 122/2 L4
1970 - 1972 GMC Jimmy 307/5 V8
1970 - 1982 GMC Jimmy 250/4.1 L6
1970 - 1972 GMC Jimmy 292/4.8 L6
1973 GMC G25/G2500 Van 350/5.7 V8
1967 - 1973 GMC G25/G2500 Van 250/4.1 L6
1967 - 1972 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup 250/4.1 L6
1971 - 1972 GMC G35/G3500 Van 250/4.1 L6
1970 - 1974 GMC G35/G3500 Van
1967 - 1968 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup 327/5.3 V8
1968 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup 327/5.4 V8
1967 - 1969 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup 230/3.8 L6
1968 - 1972 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup 307/5 V8
1968 - 1969 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup 396/6.5 V8
1970 - 1991 GMC Jimmy 350/5.7 V8
1969 - 1972 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup 350/5.7 V8
1973 - 1993 GMC Jimmy
1966 - 1974 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup
1967 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup 283/4.6 V8
1967 - 1972 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup 292/4.8 L6
1967 - 1969 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup 305/5 V6
1967 - 1968 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup 351/5.7 V6
1964 - 1993 Chrysler Town & Country
1959 - 1983 Jeep CJ5
1976 - 1986 Jeep CJ7
1974 - 1993 Jeep Cherokee
1985 - 1986 Jeep Cherokee 173/2.8 V6
1985 - 1987 Jeep Cherokee 150/2.5 L4
1987 Jeep Comanche 242/4 L6
1988 - 1992 Jeep Comanche
1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1984 - 1993 Jeep Grand Wagoneer
1974 - 1988 Jeep J10
1974 - 1988 Jeep J20
1968 - 1973 GMC C25/C2500 Pickup 307/5 V8
1968 - 1969 GMC C25/C2500 Pickup 396/6.5 V8
1967 - 1974 GMC C25/C2500 Suburban 292/4.8 L6
1967 - 1969 GMC C25/C2500 Suburban 305/5 V6
1967 - 1973 GMC C25/C2500 Pickup 292/4.8 L6
1967 - 1968 GMC C25/C2500 Suburban 351/5.7 V6
1969 - 1973 GMC C25/C2500 Pickup 350/5.7 V8
1967 - 1973 GMC C25/C2500 Pickup 250/4.1 L6
1973 GMC C25/C2500 Pickup 454/7.4 V8
1970 - 1973 GMC C25/C2500 Suburban
1968 GMC C25/C2500 Suburban 327/5.4 V8
1968 - 1969 GMC C25/C2500 Suburban 307/5 V8
1968 - 1969 GMC C25/C2500 Suburban 396/6.5 V8
1974 GMC C25/C2500 Suburban 454/7.4 V8
1969 - 1974 GMC C25/C2500 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1967 - 1969 GMC C35/C3500 Pickup 250/4.1 L6
1967 GMC C35/C3500 Pickup 283/4.6 V8
1967 - 1969 GMC C35/C3500 Pickup 305/5 V6
1967 - 1968 GMC C35/C3500 Pickup 351/5.7 V6
1967 - 1969 GMC C35/C3500 Pickup 292/4.8 L6
1966 - 1970 Ford Ranch Wagon 428/7 V8
1964 - 1993 Ford Mustang
1965 - 1968 Ford Mustang 289/4.7 V8
1967 - 1969 Ford Mustang 390/6.4 V8
1965 - 1972 Ford Ranch Wagon 240/3.9 L6
1960 - 1969 Ford Ranch Wagon 170/2.8 L6
1963 - 1970 Ford Ranch Wagon 200/3.3 L6
1961 - 1971 Ford Ranch Wagon 390/6.4 V8
1965 - 1979 Ford Mustang 200/3.3 L6
1969 - 1974 Ford Ranch Wagon 351/5.8 V8
1967 - 1970 Ford Mustang 428/7 V8
1969 - 1973 Ford Ranch Wagon 429/7 V8
1969 - 1974 Ford Ranch Wagon 250/4.1 L6
1969 - 1971 Ford Mustang 429/7 V8
1968 - 1974 Ford Ranch Wagon 302/5 V8
1971 - 1974 Ford Ranch Wagon 400/6.6 V8
1972 - 1974 Ford Ranch Wagon 460/7.5 V8
1957 - 1958 Ford Ranchero 223/3.7 L6
1957 - 1958 Ford Ranchero 292/4.8 V8
1957 - 1958 Ford Ranchero 223/3.6 L6
1957 - 1967 Ford Ranchero 352/5.8 V8
1959 - 1965 Ford Ranchero
1962 Ford Ranchero 144/2.4 L6
1979 - 1993 GMC C1500 305/5 V8
1985 - 1993 GMC C1500 262/4.3 V6
1979 - 1993 GMC C1500 350/5.7 V8
1992 - 1993 GMC C1500 Suburban
1975 - 1978 GMC C25
1979 - 1981 GMC C2500
1982 - 1993 GMC C2500 305/5 V8
1982 - 1993 GMC C2500 350/5.7 V8
1982 - 1984 GMC C2500 250/4.1 L6
1982 - 1993 GMC C2500 454/7.4 V8
1982 - 1986 GMC C2500 292/4.8 L6
1985 - 1993 GMC C2500 262/4.3 V6
1975 - 1976 GMC C25 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1975 - 1976 GMC C25 Suburban 292/4.8 L6
1975 - 1976 GMC C25 Suburban 454/7.4 V8
1977 - 1978 GMC C25 Suburban
1979 - 1993 GMC C2500 Suburban
1980 GMC C2500 Suburban 400/6.6 V8
1980 - 1986 GMC C2500 Suburban 454/7.4 V8
1980 - 1986 GMC C2500 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1980 - 1984 GMC C2500 Suburban 292/4.8 L6
1982 - 1986 GMC C2500 Suburban 305/5 V8
1965 - 1970 Ford LTD 428/7 V8
1969 - 1974 Ford Torino 250/4.1 L6
1955 - 1957 Ford Victoria 272/4.4 V8
1955 - 1959 Ford Victoria 292/4.8 V8
1955 - 1959 Ford Victoria 223/3.6 L6
1958 - 1959 Ford Victoria 332/5.4 V8
1958 - 1959 Ford Victoria 352/5.8 V8
1958 - 1959 Ford Victoria 361/5.9 V8
1968 - 1972 GMC C15/C1500 Pickup 307/5 V8
1967 - 1972 GMC C15/C1500 Pickup 250/4.1 L6
1963 - 1965 GMC 1000 Series 292/4.8 L6
1963 - 1965 GMC 1000 Series 305/5 V6
1960 - 1962 GMC 1500 Series
1963 - 1965 GMC 1500 Series 230/3.8 L6
1963 GMC 1500 Series 283/4.6 V8
1970 - 1974 GMC C15/C1500 Pickup
1963 - 1965 GMC 1500 Series 292/4.8 L6
1963 - 1965 GMC 1500 Series 305/5 V6
1965 GMC 1500 Series 351/5.7 V6
1961 - 1963 GMC 2500 Series 305/5 V6
1967 GMC C15/C1500 Pickup 283/4.6 V8
1968 GMC C15/C1500 Pickup 327/5.4 V8
1968 - 1969 GMC C15/C1500 Pickup 396/6.5 V8
1967 - 1969 GMC C15/C1500 Pickup 230/3.8 L6
1967 - 1969 GMC C15/C1500 Pickup 305/5 V6
1967 - 1972 GMC C15/C1500 Pickup 292/4.8 L6
1965 - 1993 Ford F-250 300/4.9 L6
1973 - 1993 Ford F-250 460/7.5 V8
1969 - 1993 Ford F-250 302/5 V8
1977 - 1993 Ford F-250 351/5.8 V8
1977 - 1982 Ford F-250 400/6.6 V8
1969 - 1976 Ford F-250 390/6.4 V8
1969 - 1976 Ford F-250 360/5.9 V8
1962 - 1965 Jeep 6-230
1959 - 1966 Jeep CJ3
1962 - 1965 Jeep Tornado
1956 - 1966 Jeep Truck
1961 - 1969 Jeep Universal Truck
1956 - 1964 Jeep Utility Wagon
1957 - 1964 Ford Custom 223/3.6 L6
1964 - 1965 Ford Custom 260/4.3 V8
1964 - 1967 Ford Custom 289/4.7 V8
1964 - 1967 Ford Custom 352/5.8 V8
1964 - 1971 Ford Custom 390/6.4 V8
1961 - 1964 Chevrolet Corvair Truck
1963 - 1964 Ford P-350 292/4.8 V8
1960 - 1966 GMC 3000
1960 - 1966 GMC 3500
1964 - 1965 GMC B3500
1962 - 1963 Chrysler 300 383/6.3 V8
1959 - 1975 Jeep CJ6
1963 Chrysler 300 426/7 V8
1959 - 1963 Chrysler 300 413/6.7 V8
1963 Ford 300 200/3.3 L6
1961 - 1965 American Motors Classic 196/3.2 L6
1963 Ford 300 260/4.3 V8
1964 - 1966 American Motors Classic 287/4.7 V8
1965 - 1966 American Motors Classic 327/5.3 V8
1963 Ford 300 390/6.4 V8
1963 Ford 300 406/6.6 V8
1963 - 1964 Ford P-350 223/3.6 L6
1963 - 1966 Jeep DJ3 134/2.2 L4
1984 - 1990 GMC P6000 350/5.7 V8
1983 - 1993 GMC P6000 365/6 V8
1971 - 1976 Ford F-350 390/6.4 V8
1987 - 1993 GMC P6000 427/7 V8
1960 - 1990 Chevrolet C50
1972 - 1980 Ford F-350 302/5 V8
1964 - 1976 Ford F-350 360/5.9 V8
1960 - 1990 Chevrolet C60
1965 - 1974 Ford F-350 240/3.9 L6
1960 - 1990 Chevrolet C70
1979 GMC C5000 350/5.7 V8
1979 GMC C5000 292/4.8 L6
1979 GMC C5000 366/6 V8
1979 - 1990 GMC C6000 350/5.7 V8
1979 - 1986 GMC C6000 292/4.8 L6
1979 - 1990 GMC C6000 427/7 V8
1979 - 1990 GMC C6000 366/6 V8
1979 GMC C7000 350/5.7 V8
1979 - 1990 GMC C7000 427/7 V8
1979 - 1990 GMC C7000 366/6 V8
1981 Ford C900
1981 Ford L900
1981 Ford LN900
1981 - 1987 GMC Transit Bus
1960 - 1965 Chevrolet C80
1981 - 1984 Ford LT800
1955 - 1966 Chevrolet Suburban
1979 - 1981 Chevrolet Bruin
1973 - 1978 Chevrolet H70
1973 - 1978 Chevrolet H80
1973 - 1993 Ford F-350 460/7.5 V8
1973 - 1978 Chevrolet J80
1973 - 1978 Chevrolet J70
1973 - 1978 Chevrolet H90
1990 - 1991 Ford F700 LPO 370/6.1 V8
1965 - 1993 Ford F-350 300/4.9 L6
1987 - 1990 Chevrolet S7
1986 - 1993 Chevrolet W4500 Tiltmaster
1988 - 1993 Chevrolet W5500 Tiltmaster
1987 - 1993 Chevrolet W6500 Tiltmaster
1984 - 1993 Chevrolet W7500 Tiltmaster
1986 - 1992 Ford F-150
1975 - 1976 Ford F-150 390/6.4 V8
1975 - 1976 Ford F-150 360/5.9 V8
1975 - 1993 Ford F-150 300/4.9 L6
1977 - 1993 Ford F-150 351/5.8 V8
1977 - 1979 Ford F-150 400/6.6 V8
1975 - 1993 Ford F-150 302/5 V8
1958 - 1964 Chevrolet Biscayne 283/4.6 V8
1961 - 1964 Chevrolet Biscayne 409/6.7 V8
1958 - 1962 Chevrolet Biscayne 235/3.8 L6
1958 - 1961 Chevrolet Biscayne 348/5.7 V8
1960 Chevrolet Biscayne 236/3.9 L6
1963 - 1964 Chevrolet Biscayne 230/3.8 L6
1962 - 1964 Chevrolet Biscayne 327/5.3 V8
1963 Chevrolet Biscayne 427/7 V8
1965 - 1972 Chevrolet Biscayne
1969 - 1972 Chevrolet Blazer 350/5.7 V8
1969 - 1972 Chevrolet Blazer 250/4.1 L6
1969 - 1972 Chevrolet Blazer 307/5 V8
1970 - 1993 Chevrolet Blazer
1969 - 1972 Chevrolet Blazer 292/4.8 L6
1958 - 1972 Chevrolet Brookwood
1961 - 1967 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 283/4.6 V8
1960 - 1974 Chevrolet C10 Pickup
1961 - 1962 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 235/3.8 L6
1961 - 1962 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 261/4.3 L6
1961 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 348/5.7 V8
1967 - 1972 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 250/4.1 L6
1967 - 1972 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 292/4.8 L6
1967 - 1969 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 327/5.3 V8
1968 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 327/5.4 V8
1968 - 1972 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 307/5 V8
1968 - 1969 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 396/6.5 V8
1967 - 1969 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 230/3.8 L6
1969 - 1972 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 350/5.7 V8
1972 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 402/6.6 V8
1967 - 1986 Chevrolet C10 Suburban
1969 - 1972 Chevrolet C10 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1969 - 1972 Chevrolet C10 Suburban 292/4.8 L6
1969 - 1972 Chevrolet C10 Suburban 250/4.1 L6
1969 - 1972 Chevrolet C10 Suburban 307/5 V8
1969 Chevrolet C10 Suburban 327/5.3 V8
1969 Chevrolet C10 Suburban 396/6.5 V8
1969 - 1974 Ford Ranchero 250/4.1 L6
1970 - 1973 Ford Torino 429/7 V8
1969 - 1979 Ford Ranchero 351/5.8 V8
1969 - 1974 Ford Torino 302/5 V8
1970 - 1973 Ford Ranchero 429/7 V8
1969 - 1970 Ford Torino 390/6.4 V8
1969 - 1970 Ford Torino 428/7 V8
1972 - 1978 Ford Ranchero 400/6.6 V8
1969 - 1976 Ford Torino 351/5.8 V8
1968 - 1979 Ford Ranchero 302/5 V8
1972 - 1976 Ford Torino 400/6.6 V8
1955 - 1959 Ford Skyliner 223/3.6 L6
1955 - 1957 Ford Skyliner 272/4.4 V8
1958 - 1959 Ford Skyliner 332/5.4 V8
1958 - 1959 Ford Skyliner 352/5.8 V8
1958 - 1959 Ford Skyliner 361/5.9 V8
1955 - 1959 Ford Skyliner 292/4.8 V8
1963 Ford Sprint 221/3.6 V8
1960 Ford Starliner
1990 - 1993 Chevrolet C60 Kodiak
1990 - 1993 Chevrolet C70 Kodiak
1963 - 1967 Ford Galaxie 500 427/7 V8
1966 - 1972 Ford Galaxie 500 240/3.9 L6
1990 - 1993 GMC C6000 Topkick 366/6 V8
1990 - 1993 GMC C6000 Topkick 427/7 V8
1990 - 1993 GMC C7000 Topkick 366/6 V8
1990 - 1993 GMC C7000 Topkick 427/7 V8
1990 - 1991 GMC C5000 Topkick
1955 - 1964 Ford Consul
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1956 - 1993 Ford Escort
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Karen Joan
Carnegie, US
★★★★★ 5
A Martian Named Smith
There is no question that Robert Anson Heinlein is one of the Fathers of Science Fiction. There is also no question that STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND is his most famous work, having been called "the most famous science fiction novel ever written." Is it his best? Perhaps not. But it is a ground breaking classic, one that I enjoy reading again and again. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND is the story of Valentine Michael Smith (Mike), a male born of human parents on the first Earth colony ship to Mars. Literally born as the ship landed on Mars, Mike's parents and the rest of the crew died, and Mike was raised by Martians. 25 years later, a second Earth colony ship lands on Mars, and discovers Mike, the native inhabitants of Mars, and a host of unanswered questions. Mike returns to Earth, and STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND is the detailed chronicle of his introduction to, interaction with, and transformation of human culture. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND was Heinlein's first truly adult science fiction novel, and he took on some pretty heady topics. Politics, religion, sex, equality, and the concept of a truly un-human culture (which happened to be superior), to name a few. Heinlein wove these themes into STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND, each of which contributed to his idealistic vision of a perfect world.He intermixed shock value, logic, and plain good storytelling to get his points across, and I think he did so quite wonderfully. 1. Religion. Heinlein was not an atheist, as some have claimed. He did believe in a higher power; what he did not have any use for was organized religion. He believed in faith. If you had faith, true faith, then the trappings of religion were unnecessary and superfluous. They just did not matter. The Church of All Worlds in STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND was set up to show that no matter what the religious trapping were, it was faith that really mattered. He also created a religion where happiness and self-belief were the main drivers, rather than fire, brimstone, and fear. Makes great sense to me. 2. Sex. Contrary to popular belief, STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND did not promote promiscuity or free love. What Heinlein did was to create a world where people were open about sex, where it was enjoyable and exciting, but with it came great responsibility. In this world, sex wasn't hidden, secret, or naughty; rather it was honest and pure and fun. People who could develop this utopian attitude became happier, healthier, less jealous, more caring, and, yes, more sexual. Responsibility to partners, offspring, and an entire extended family became the norm. In his own way, by exploring sexuality, Heinlein was exploring and redefining the meaning of family. He was also trying to define sex as a miraculous union, and to show that humans should treat it as the miracle of bonding and "growing closer" that it is. 3. Equality. Before the sexual revolution and equality for women, Heinlein clearly believed in equality of the sexes, equality of the races, equality of faiths...basically the equality of all humans. Yes, he felt women should be treated with respect and reverence and be protected and nurtured because they gave birth and perpetuated the species, but he clearly believed that they were intelligent and capable. He also believed that women had sexual needs equal to those of men and had the right to pursue those needs. 4. Politics. In STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND, Heinlein clearly had little use for government, politics, or politicians. He believed that government in general was a necessary evil, but preferred that it be kept small and out of his business. He didn't care what it was based on or what guided it - astrology was the ridiculous example used in STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND - as long as it left him alone. Works for me. He also had little use for entitlements, and expected human beings to work for what they received. Again, works for me. 5. Un-Human, Superior Culture. Heinlein did a remarkable and revolutionary thing when he created the Martian culture of STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND. The Martians of this novel are clearly not humanoids from another planet. They do not think like humans, act like humans, look like humans, reproduce like human, live like humans, or do anything like we do here on the planet Earth. There is nothing remotely recognizable about these Martians; they are completely alien. We can't them, and they can't understand us. They are older, more advanced, and can perceive the universe around them in ways that humans do not. But humans can, if properly taught, learn some of the things that Martians do. What a marvelous concept. In 1962 the original version of STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND won the Hugo Award for the Best Science Fiction Novel of the Year. After Heinlein's death in 1988, his wife Virginia discovered the original uncut manuscript and arranged to have it published in 1991. It is interesting to read the two books side by side, to see the differences, and to compare them. I enjoy both versions very much, and am still not sure which is my favorite. Whatever version you choose, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND. Whether you have read it before or not, whether you love it or not, you will find it to be an interesting and thought-provoking read.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2009
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Marcel Dupasquier
Boise, US
★★★★★ 4
A strange book I don’t grok
I have started to read this book directly after I had read “The Moon is a harsh Mistress” and after the first chapter, I almost stopped reading again. The first chapter starts promisingly enough, after a Mars expedition with only four couples, finding the fitting couples that contained all the required capabilities in themselves had been difficult enough, had failed, years later, another expedition is started, and this time, the flight takes much shorter. They find a young man there and bring him back, but how they treat him here, locked and no women allowed, for the first time really showed me how old Robert Heinlein’s books really are and here, for the first time, it was an annoyance. What would happen if a woman would visit him? We find out in the second chapter, and the answer is, basically, nothing. Then, for about 10% of the book, we get Jill, working in the hospital where the Man from Mars is kept, discussing with Ben, a journalist, about the implication of the Man from Mars. Once he owns the whole Mars, once he owns a majority of Lunar Enterprises. In any case, the government under the Secretary General cannot keep him alive. Then, finally, some action occurs: Ben tries to get the Man released, but fails miserably; Jill subsequently tries to prisonbreak with the Man. They escape to Ben’s place but the henchmen are not far away. They ring at the door, there is a confrontation and... it’s over. They go to another benefactor, Jubal, who keeps Jill and the Man hidden for rest of almost half of the book. There, Jubal thinks about how to help the Man, together with getting Ben back, while he tries to learn as much as possible about the Martian and Mars. Then, the henchmen appear again, ready to arrest everybody, and after the Martian makes the policemen disappear once more, Jubal eventually manages to bluff the Secretary General into calling back the second arresting team and agreeing to meet with the Man from Mars with him, Jubal, as the official delegate for the Martian. At the meeting, Jubal does what he can to make the Man’s live safe: He gives the Secretary General the mandate the manage the money of the Martian with the payment as much money as he sees fit. Having thus secured the Martian’s safety, the Martians keeps living at Jubal’s place and learning. They visit a service of the Fosterite church, where people gamble, visit the bar and have stories with women but when the archbishop wants to have one-to-one talk with the Martian, latter recognizes former’s evilness and discorporates him. Eventually, the Man from Mars has learned all he can at Jubal’s and he and Jill set out for the world. They join a circus troupe where the Martian performs a levitating trick with Jill, only it is not a trick, he really does so. But they are unsuccessful, the marks see right through it. They leave again, but not before they have listened to a snake charmer sermon about the Fosterites and before they make her a water brother. They next move to Las Vegas where Jill works in a show and the Martian as croupier and they elucidate naughty pictures. Thereafter, they go to San Francisco, where the Martian reads all the books about the various religions without grokking anything. They then visit a zoo where the Martian breaks out laughing as he, observing monkeys, finally groks people. They founded their own church, but it’s not a religion. The Martian had hereto shown some extraordinary capabilities, such as being able to enter a trance state where he could stay under water for hours, telekinesis and the ability to discorporate things or beings at will. Had the reader so far been wondering how he could do that, if the Old Ones on Mars has changed him somehow on Mars, now it become clear that this was not the case. Everybody can do it but, in order to facilitate such deeds, which were connected to Martian creed, one had to understand the Martian concepts, which one could only by firstly learning the Martian language. The Martian church was thus foremost a Martian language school. That was however not all it was. The Martian idea was that there was no God than God in everyone of us. All other religions were considered as truths, only that they were kind of hiding that God was each of us, and thus the creed was “Thou are God.” In the Martian church, also free love was practiced. We get hence a chapter where Ben was shocked by this and fled the church most hurriedly to report to Jubal, only to join it again the next chapter. And of course, we get Fosterites who try to start a persecution against their competitors. The end then also makes sense, but I don’t understand why. It was on one hand logical but on the other hand why was it necessary? This is thus not really a work of science fiction and but rather a theological treatise. I think it could have shortened somehow, then realized, that what the original editors thought as well. It was my third book I read from Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers was a good concept which Joe Haldeman made into a good book, the Moon is a harsh Mistress was a quick read that kept me hooked, but considering, it is basically a story of the American struggle for independence, just on the Moon, and it will also be my last. There are other science fictions authors out there.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2022
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Lowell, US
★★★★★ 5
seekers paradise
Format: Kindle
Some of this book disturbed me a little but overall I found it amazing and fascinating. Possibilities abound in fantasy and can be just the thing you need to open up. Enjoy! I sure did.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2026
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Jenni DaVinCat
Omaha, US
★★★★★ 3
We Should All Be a Little Stranger.
I understand why this book is often cited as one of the most important sci-fi books of all time. While reading it, you might begin to question why it’s lumped into the sci-fi category because the themes are very human. It is science fiction, that cannot be argued, but it’s also a coming of age story, a religious story and at its very core, a story about love. Valentine Michael Smith was born and raised on Mars, but he is a human. He is brought back to Earth to learn what it means to be a human. This causes the reader to be forced to think outside of the box because Michael is not just coming from a different human culture, he has never learned what it means to be a human so any chapter told from his perspective is like an outsider, looking in on human culture. It’s wildly fascinating to think about ourselves in this manner. As Michael progresses in his grokking of humans, he gets out to explore the world and to challenge it. Our concepts of God/religion and sex/love are strange to him. We tend to not really think about it from an outside perspective because this is just the way life is, but being forced to think about it, makes for a very fascinating read. I’d never really considered myself to be a “prude” but there were times that this book made me feel that way. At times, the reader must take a step back and remember that Heinlein did intend for many of the themes to be viewed as satire of what is commonly accepted. There were a few negatives when reading this book, however. It was written in the sixties, which was a very different time from today in terms of the way women are spoken to/about and how they are treated. Heinlein wasn’t too bad in this regard, but there were a few sentences that made me stop for a second. Heinlein also has some of his characters go on these long drawn-out speech tangents that go on for pages and pages. I felt it was a little unnecessary to go on for that long, especially considered the length of the uncut version. It took me a little while to get through this book and normally I’m a pretty quick reader. Negatives aside, I do feel like this book is important. The story itself is not challenging, but as I stated before, it challenges the reader to think about humans from an outside perspective and that is fascinating. He really doesn’t seem to rely too much on Sci-fi elements, preferring to focus on the human elements of the story (love, religion etc.). If you’re looking for something long and fulfilling, this may just be the sci-fi book for you!
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Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2016
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★★★★★ 5
Wicked Satire, yet Strangely Familiar
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Heinlein's satire is wicked and well-placed, reminiscent of Voltaire and Swift. IF you love British comedy, you'll love this book. Both come from the same sarcastic taproot. I'm still debating whether or not the main charter is Smith or Jubal. Maybe it is us, since we need to recognize that we are Juba, and must nurture, and eventually become like Smith. Smith's reflective, contemplative message, reminds of Thomas A Kempis ( ), James Allen ( ), Lao Tzu ( ). Smith's message is nothing new: as C. S. Lewis pointed out, "Really great moral teachers never do introduce new moralities: it is quacks and cranks who do that... The real job of every moral teacher is to keep on bringing us back, time after time, to the old simple principles which we are all so anxious not to see." . In fact, Smith's slogan "Thou art God" is merely run-of-the-mill Christianity: * "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." * "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." * "Therefore, what manner of men ought ye to be? Verily I say unto you, even as I am." * "Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High." * "God became man so that man might be god." * "It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you may talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship, or else a horror and corruption such as you now meet if at all only in a nightmare. . . . There are no ordinary people. You have never met a mere mortal, Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations, these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit--immortal horrors or ever lasting splendours." . Heinlein seems to have stolen a page from Søren Kierkegaard, who tried to re-Christianize Christianity ( , 458). To paraphrase John, "Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning." As I read this book, Smith struck me as oddly familiar. His first name, Michael, refers to the Archangel, the captain of the Lord's army. The second name, Valentine, is the patron saint of all shades of love, phileo, agape, eros, and romance. The last name, Smith, makes him Everyman. But I wonder if there is something more. What happens to Smith is common to all founders of religions--Abraham, Jesus, Mohammed, and so forth. There is evolution, turns and twists of fate, and eventual triumph. However, there is a deeper nuance. Society begins with vulgarized Christianity, then there was the Fosterite Revolution, and another apostasy and commercialization of religion as a Megachurch. And lastly comes along Smith, with his Martian philosophy. This bears a strong parallel to the life of Joseph Smith . In fact, both have a similar martyrdom: "Thou art God" versus "O Lord My God." The satire can get tedious at time, but I think this flaw is excusable. As I read, I kept thinking that this book could loose about 1/3rd of the text. But on the other hand, the artistry and beauty of the wicked satire forces me to say, "Leave it alone." Note: This book is the Q document for so much other fiction. I see shades of "Dune" here and there. Smith the new prophet is akin to Ender, the Speaker for the Dead. And if you have seen Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Charlie X," some of the elements will seem a bit too familiar. Keep in mind that this book came first, and that it does a much better job of mixing wit and wisdom than Kirk and Spock. There is no comparison--after reading this book, "Charlie X" rolls like a flat tire.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2007

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