"Stranger in a Strange Land"

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The audiobook works very well, especially when the narrator uses a southern accent for Jubal's long-winded speechifying. (How much Robert Heinlein was there in the Jubal character?)  Listening to the snappy banter between the reporter and the nurse Gill was fun too.

__ morbid modesty
__ That is no excuse for an adult to give a dynamite cap to a baby as a toy.
__ Short human words (like god) were like trying to lift water with a knife.
__ 'Gratitude' is a euphemism for resentment.
__ He's as weird as snake's suspenders.
__ "You go right ahead and have your tizzy, dear; you've earned it. "
__ The black widow's poison is too powerful for its own good.
__ …of a servant, known as a "climenole" in Laputian—or "flapper"
__ It was high time the kid was salted.

The part of Mike dealing with fan mail recalls "Room".