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Old 12-31-2015, 12:32 PM   #1
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Heinlein - Stranger in a strange land - which one is the unabridged ?
There are two editions on Amazon (and Kobo and I believe also on Google), for brevity I shall only use Amazon links:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...al-text&sr=1-1

and

http://www.amazon.it/Stranger-Strang...a+strange+land

Does anybody know which one (if any) is the unabridged version ?
There was a discussion some time ago, but it was to almost no avail looking at the links, one should try. Has anyone tried, and can tell which one is which ?

Thanks in advance.

Edit: By a strange coincidence I just noticed that I linked an Italian version, which does not seem to exist on Amazon.com. Sorry for that, and I do not know why is that.

Google Links

https://play.google.com/store/books/...d=jBtDSf1VzQkC

and

https://play.google.com/store/books/...d=gnwETwF8Zb4C
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Old 12-31-2015, 12:50 PM   #2
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On the page in Italian, if you scroll down to the section "Quali altri articoli acquistano i clienti, dopo aver visualizzato questo articolo?" - that's the uncut edition.


click to go to the uncut edition.


ETA the Hodder & Stoughton edition is the one I have on my Kobo so I'm not just reading the amazon page - I know this is the uncut edition
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Posting again to say that if you are a Heinlein/Stranger in a Strange Land fan you might be interested in this short article about some of the cuts made to the book as originally published:

Heinlein Society Stranger vs Stranger

You may also note that the uncut edition was first published in 1991 - your links in the OP both have a publication date of 1987 so can't be the re-release authorised by Heinlein's widow.
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Posting again to say that if you are a Heinlein/Stranger in a Strange Land fan you might be interested in this short article about some of the cuts made to the book as originally published:

Heinlein Society Stranger vs Stranger

You may also note that the uncut edition was first published in 1991 - your links in the OP both have a publication date of 1987 so can't be the re-release authorised by Heinlein's widow.
Thank you ! And, strange as it may seem, it is also the one which costs less !!
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Thanks for this thread. I have the originally published SIASL, but I shall now put the uncut version on my shopping list.
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I have the Uncorrected Galley of this, but have never read this version.
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I didn't feel it added much to the original except length.
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