Methuselah Children eBook Robert A Heinlein

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Lazarus Long, member of a select group bred for generations to live far beyond normal human lifespans, helps his kind escape persecution after word leaks out and angry crowds accuse them of withholding the “secret” of longevity. Lazarus and his companions set out on an interstellar journey and face many trials and strange cultures, like a futuristic Odysseus and his crew, before returning to Earth. This classic novel, set in Robert A. Heinlein’s Future History universe, introduces the author’s most beloved and widely quoted character (see THE NOTEBOOKS OF LAZARUS LONG).

"Not only America's premier writer of speculative fiction, but the greatest writer of such fiction in the world."
- Stephen King

"There is no other writer whose work has exhilarated me as often and to such an extent as Heinlein."
- Dean Koontz

"One of the most influential writers in American Literature."
- The New York Times Book Review

"Heinlein wears imagination as though it were his private suit of clothes."
- The New York Times

"Heinlein… has the ability to see technologies just around the bend. That, combined with his outstanding skill as a writer and engineer-inventor, produces books that are often years ahead of their time."
- The Philadelphia Inquirer

"One of the grand masters of science fiction."
- The Wall Street Journal

Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988), often called the Science Fiction Grand Master, was the author of such ground-breaking novels as STARSHIP TROOPERS, RED PLANET, STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND and THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS. He is generally considered the greatest and most influential science fiction writer of the twentieth century. In addition to being a bestselling author, Heinlein's novels won 4 Hugo awards, 3 "retro Hugo" awards, and the first "Grand Master Award" from the Science Fiction Writers of America.

Methuselah Children eBook Robert A Heinlein

I first read this in 1960 when I was 17. It was one of the first stories I read that dealt with interstellar flight. Along with seeing Forbidden Planet in 1956, and the launch of Sputnik in 1957, I was inspired to major in the sciences, culminating in a Ph.D. in geophysics and computer science in 1971. My original paperback is long gone, but I wanted to see if the story was still interesting to me after all these years. I discovered that reading it was like seeing an old friend after many years. Too bad a film was never made. Re interstellar flight: I attend meetings of the 100 Year Starship organization, and Icarus Interstellar. For me, the dream refuses to die. Too bad I was born a few hundred years too soon. I also recommend Starship (Brian Aldis), Far Centaurus (short story by A.E.Van Vogt), Unearthly Neighbors (Chad Oliver) and The Seedling Stars (James Blish). These days, interstellar travel programs should be called "alien of the week" or "a very crowded galaxy"--too much time spent on special effects and battles, and not enough time on the technology, danger, and isolation of leaving all of mankind light years behind.

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File Size 2352 KB
Print Length 160 pages
Publisher Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc. (December 3, 2013)
Publication Date December 3, 2013
Language English
ASIN B006MITAWI

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