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The Puppet Masters

The Puppet Masters

The Puppet Masters is a 1951 science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, in which American secret agents battle parasitic invaders from outer space. It was originally serialized in Galaxy Science Fiction .


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“In the army it takes an eight-man working party to help a brass hat blow his nose.”

Source: The Puppet Masters (1951), Chapter 30 (p. 153)

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Robert A. Heinlein photo
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“Beat the plowshares back into swords; the other was a maiden aunt’s fancy.”

Source: The Puppet Masters (1951), Chapter 35 (p. 174)

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“There was nothing under her clothes but girl and assorted items of lethal hardware.”

Source: The Puppet Masters (1951), Chapter 4 (p. 28)

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Robert A. Heinlein photo
Robert A. Heinlein photo

“Marriage is not ownership and wives are not property.”

Source: The Puppet Masters (1951), Chapter 21 (p. 116)

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