![]() It was originally serialized in Galaxy Science Fiction (September, October, November 1951). Heinlein, in which American secret agents battle parasitic invaders from outer space. The Puppet Masters is a 1951 science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Keywords Alien Invasion Filmed Books Dystopia Mind Control Tale of the Future Utopian Literature.Page edges a bit tanned, a very good or better copy in good dust jacket with two small tape ghosts on front panel, one with wear along top and bottom edges with mild loss at spine ends and corner tips. ![]() Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 4. Well handled, a classic of it type." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. "Fast-moving tale of paranoid (anti-Communist?) fears run wild. Heinlein anticipates that moment when a man must make the fateful choice between security and freedom." - Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, p. allegorizes modern anxiety about the preservation of freedom. Speaking through a host, a master offers mankind a life of contentment, peace, and security of surrender, and the offer appears genuine. Parasitic slug "masters" from outer space "attach themselves to human hosts and control their every thought and action. ![]()
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