This repeats the story that "Charles Manson ... was captured with the novel "Stranger in a Strange Land" in his backpack". I thought that was unfounded rumor.

This repeats the story that "Charles Manson ... was captured with the novel "Stranger in a Strange Land" in his backpack". I thought that was unfounded rumor. http://www.heinleinsociety.org/rah/faqworks.html http://www.heinleinsociety.org/rah/faqworks.html says "This story apparently got started because of an anonymously published article. When asked, Charles Manson had never heard of the book. Some of the Manson girls had apparently read it but it had no connection to the murders." Wikipedia only talks about rumors to that effect.