The Puppet Masters (Expanded Version)
Earth was being invaded by aliens and the top security agencies were helpless: the aliens were controlling the mind of every person they encountered. So it was up to Sam Cavanaugh, secret agent for a powerful and deadly spy network, to find a way to stop them--which meant he had to be invaded...
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Earth was being invaded by aliens and the top security agencies were helpless: the aliens were controlling the mind of every person they encountered. So it was up to Sam Cavanaugh, secret agent for a powerful and deadly spy network, to find a way to stop them--which meant he had to be invaded himself!
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ISBN:
9780345330147 (0345330145)
Publish date: January 1990
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Edition language: English
Read as part of A Heinlein Trio omnibus.
The puppet masters are alien race who came from the Saturn’s moon Titan to Earth to avert humans. Their ships carrying the slugs, small creatures sticking themselves to man’s back and spinal cord to control him, landed mostly in the USA. A special agent Sam with his agent-partner and future wife Mar...
An invasion of Earth via means of 'slugs' which attach themselves to people and control their actions. The story is told from the viewpoint of an elite government agent looking back on the situation as it was discovered.Lacking the sensawunda of his juveniles, or any particularly interesting specul...
I read this book to refresh myself after reading some long-winded classics.By today's standards, the plot is not original. However, the books reads clear and easy, the dialogue and action are quick and direct, and you can get easily lost in the fast-paced story Heinlein lays out. If you want to read...
Hard to rate this. The science is good, once past the premise, and a darn sight better than the other alien invasion and body snatcher plots of the seventies. The female main character, though, brings the rating down. I cringe while reading lines like "Oh, I am being weak and womanish." Yes, attitud...
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