Hugo Project #4

Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein (1962 Hugo Winner)

I loved the first half--inventive, and a bit mysterious (i.e., what are these Martians like, exactly? What could happen to a perfectly innocent and perfectly powerful man who doesn't really understand what "man" is?).

Second half gets increasingly dull, mainly because H spends so much time describing "Mike's" quasi-religious adoption of human sexuality.

His skill in writing dialogue is quite enjoyable throughout, however.

Jubal Harshaw, however, is an awesome character. He's the curmudgeon I can only dream of being.