
The Puppet Masters
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Bronson Pinchot
First came the news that a flying saucer had landed in Iowa. Then came the announcement that the whole thing was a hoax. End of story. Case closed.
Except that two agents of the most secret intelligence agency in the US government were on the scene and disappeared without reporting in. And four more agents who were sent in also disappeared. So the head of the agency and his two top agents went in and managed to get out with their discovery: an invasion is underway by slug-like aliens who can touch a human and completely control his or her mind. What the humans know, they know. What the slugs want, no matter what, the human will do. And most of Iowa is already under their control.
Sam Cavanaugh was one of the agents who discovered the truth. Unfortunately, that was just before he was taken over by one of the aliens and began working for the invaders, with no will of his own. And he has just learned that a high official in the Treasury Department is now under control of the aliens. Since the Treasury Department includes the Secret Service, which safeguards the president of the United States, control of the entire nation is near at hand.
©1951,1979 by Robert A. Heinlein, 2003 by the Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Prize Trust (P)2020 by Blackstone PublishingListeners also enjoyed...




















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it will most certainly not be everyone's cup of tea but it's definitely worth the listen.
I didn't know whether I would give it three stars or not until the last 15 minutes or so.
but after hearing the ending I can't give it anything less than five stars.
A retro futuristic exercise in patience.
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Bronson Pinchot does a nice job at reading the book and giving the characters differentiation.
Still a great story.
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aliens invade earth. to save the planet .... man must strip
good performance
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What a great book
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Very poor performance, story could have benefited from a female editor.
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Engaging 1950s Sci Fi
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This is Heinlein at his best with some good and some bad predictions of turn of the century USA. a time machine of 50's social norms makes it odd but priceless.
Heinlein always needed Pinchot
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Overall loved it because I do love video games and especially X-Com. Knowing the story that went into it was awesome.
Needed better editing on the performance
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so pertinent for today
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Campy 50's sci-fi in the best way
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