Quote Originally Posted by lungs View Post
stranger in a strange land by robert heinlein
it was pretty decent and sort of compelling for the first half. i like themes where the main character is from a different time or place and the story provides a look at stuff that is normal in a fresh and different way. but after about halfway through it became this really bizarre and annoying preachy orgy fantasy like the author gave up on trying to hide his penis or something.
yeah, unfortunately a lot of Heinlein's books end up like this. If you want to avoid it, stay away from the Lazarus Long books (wiki them to find out the titles), it gets really way more bizarre in certain passages than anything from Stranger.

My absolute favorites of Heinlein's would have to be Starship Troopers and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Highly recommended.