"The Puppet Masters" by Robert A. Heinlein. Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1951. First edition
In “The Puppet Masters” secret agents battle parasitic invaders from outer space. The novel was originally serialized in Galaxy Science Fiction (September, October, November 1951). The book evokes a sense of paranoia later captured in the 1956 film “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” which had a similar premise – the invasion of mind-controlling parasites.
Heinlein’s original version of the novel was cut by some 40,000 words because it was deemed too long and risqué for the market in 1951. In 1990, two years after Heinlein’s death, an uncut version was published with the consent of his widow. In this uncut version, the story begins with Sam, the hero of the novel, waking up in bed with a blonde whom he had casually picked up the evening before, without even bothering to learn her name. In the uncut version, the “puppet masters” discover human sexuality and embark upon wild orgies broadcast live on TV in the areas under their control. [Source: Wikipedia]
"The Puppet Masters" by Robert A. Heinlein. Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1951. First edition
In “The Puppet Masters” secret agents battle parasitic invaders from outer space. The novel was originally serialized in Galaxy Science Fiction (September, October, November 1951). The book evokes a sense of paranoia later captured in the 1956 film “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” which had a similar premise – the invasion of mind-controlling parasites.
Heinlein’s original version of the novel was cut by some 40,000 words because it was deemed too long and risqué for the market in 1951. In 1990, two years after Heinlein’s death, an uncut version was published with the consent of his widow. In this uncut version, the story begins with Sam, the hero of the novel, waking up in bed with a blonde whom he had casually picked up the evening before, without even bothering to learn her name. In the uncut version, the “puppet masters” discover human sexuality and embark upon wild orgies broadcast live on TV in the areas under their control. [Source: Wikipedia]