

The Puppet Masters
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Narrator: Bronson Pinchot
Unabridged: 10 hr 6 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 08/11/2020
Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Narrator: Bronson Pinchot
Unabridged: 10 hr 6 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 08/11/2020
Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction
Robert Anson Heinlein (1907–1988) took a variety of jobs before beginning to write science fiction in 1939. He became the dominant science fiction writer of the modern era, a writer whose influence on the field was immense. He won science fiction’s Hugo Award for best novel seven times, and several of his books were New York Times bestsellers. In 1975 he received the first Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement.
Bronson Pinchot is an experienced narrator and actor who has appeared in multiple films and television shows. His film and television credits include Risky Business, Beverly Hills Cop, True Romance, and Perfect Strangers. A lover of Greek Revival architecture and soft shell crab, he currently resides in Manhattan.
Heinlein, did you really combine a very sexist plot element with the assumption that no gay people exist as the icing on the cake of your very awkward, biased, and wanna be subliminal writing? Body horror initialization I don´t know how many mind control, body horror, parasite,… tropes had already bee......more
This is the Heinlein book where evil alien slugs take over everyone's brains, causing nationwide chaos. This novel was written in 1951 and is set in 2007 (whew! no mind-controlling slugs around yet ... at least not that I'm aware of. Though the current state of politics makes me wonder ...). The stor......more
Evil, slug-like aliens land on Earth. They attach themselves to people and take over their minds. After a while, everyone has to walk around completely naked, so that you can spot the ones who have a slug attached. I just can't understand why Paul Verhoeven didn't film this. He could have combined S......more
Robert Heinlein's The Puppet Masters is both an action-oriented adventure story about parasitic slug aliens attempting to take over the world and its citizens and social commentary on Communism and the Red Scare. As such, it appeals to young adult readers, who are looking for excitement and aliens,......more
If your neighbour offers you a back rub - watch out! No moral messages or satire! Nothing deep, subliminal, fancy, or indirect and hidden! THE PUPPET MASTERS is straight-up hard driving sci-fi action thriller based on the simple theme of alien invasion! Given the underlying culture of 1950s USA, the......more