The Puppet Masters
Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy
The Puppet Masters (1951) is a Robert A. Heinlein novel about an invasion of Earth by parasitic slugs that attach themselves to people's backs and control their minds. The narrator, an agent for a secret U.S. intelligence section, tracks the invasion from a crash site in Iowa. As the parasites spread, the government struggles to find a way to tell who is controlled and to fight back.
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- Bill Gates: “I read every book by Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert Heinlein.”