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If he wakes up with a nameless blonde, it's the uncut version.

On the first page of the first chapter, if the narrator wakes up in bed alone, it is the original cut version.

On the copyright page, the longer version may say that it is the "first revised edition, Jan 1990.".

Since the "original uncut" blurb soon gave way to a "now a major motion picture" blurb (and more recent printings may not say anything at all), here are two ways to tell which version you have. The edition I remember buying around 1992 because it proclaimed it was "the original uncut novel" had this cover art: There was no indication of this change anywhere except for a tiny notice on the copyright page and an "original uncut" blurb on the cover. Instead, around 1990, a new printing of the mass market paperback edition in print at the time (del rey I think?) switched from the shorter to the longer text from one printing to the next.

The uncut version of Puppet Masters did not get a new hardcover edition like Stranger did. This is covered in his correspondence with his agent at the time, in Grumbles from the grave. As such, it appeals to young adult readers, who are looking for excitement and aliens, and to the general populace of the early 1950s. The original novel version and the original magazine version were definitely not the same - the magazine editor made unauthorized changes, and Heinlein did not like that at all. Robert Heinlein's The Puppet Masters is both an action-oriented adventure story about parasitic slug aliens attempting to take over the world and its citizens and social commentary on Communism and the Red Scare. All printings of all editions since 1990 have been of the longer version. Earth was being invaded by aliens and the top security agencies were helpless: the aliens were controlling the mind of every person they encountered. Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified.

As far as I know, it is no longer possible to obtain the original, shorter version of the novel except from used bookstores. Ballantine Books, 1986 - Fiction - 340 pages.