At B&N Reads
Jeff Somers tagged ten books non-geek parents of geeks need to read, including:
Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein
Heinlein’s influential sci-fi novel isn’t for everyone, but in it he captures the unique combination of brilliance, superiority, terror, and loneliness that defines many geeky folks’ early life experiences. The story of a human raised on Mars by Martians who returns to Earth as the ultimate outsider, it explores that painful outsider status in a way that resonates with many smart kids, while introducing a ton of concepts (and fun words like grok) that have become foundational in geek culture.
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the other entries on the list.
Stranger in a Strange Land is among
John Bardinelli's five long books that deserve their own movie series,
MaryKate Jasper and Charlie Jane Anders's top ten super-weird books that are considered part of the science fiction canon, and
Battlestar Galactica creator Ron Moore's favorite sci-fi novels.
--Marshal Zeringue
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