Though human, the baby has lived his entire existence on the planet Mars, raised by Martians. This second expedition discovers there are no human survivors from the earlier mission except for the baby born onboard the spacecraft. The Earth loses contact with the expedition and humanity is unable to send a second expedition for another twenty-five years in the book's present. The book begins twenty-five years in the past when a baby is born abroad a spacecraft headed to Mars in what is the first-ever manned expedition to the planet. Among other awards and distinctions, the Library of Congress named the book as one of 88 Books That Shaped America in 2012. Heinlein’s science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) explores issues of humanity, culture, religion, and sexuality. By telling the story of a human man raised on Mars, famed American author Robert A.
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