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Book Cover for: The Puppet Masters, Robert A. Heinlein

The Puppet Masters

Robert A. Heinlein
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Hebrew has two words for "(space) alien" – חַיְזָר (χɑjˈzɑʁ) and חוּצָן (χuˈt͡sɑn). The first is a portmanteu of חַי (χɑj) "living (creature)" and זָר (zɑʁ) "foreign" coined by Amos Gefen in his translation of Robert A. Heinlein's "The Puppet Masters" (1961). 1/2

Paperback, 2021

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