Methuselah's Children

Heinlein is a seven-time Hugo Award recipient and was given the first Grand Master Nebula Award for lifetime achievement. Heinlein’s juveniles alone have influenced generations of scientists, engineers and creators the world over (for instance, it was once estimated that everyone in the Apollo 11 mission control room had read and loved at least one Heinlein novel). About the Author Robert A Heinlein is considered one of the Big Three of classic science fiction (along with Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke). His worldwide bestsellers include Have Space Suit Will Travel, Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers, Time Enough for Love,

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. His worldwide bestsellers include Have Space Suit Will Travel, Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers, Time Enough for Love, and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. Clarke). Heinlein’s juveniles alone have influenced generations of scientists, engineers and creators the world over (for instance, it was once estimated that e

Classic Heinlein I discovered Robert A. Heinlein in the late 1950s while I was in elementary school, and by the time I graduated from high school, I had read all of the dozen or so Heinlein books that were in the school libraries. I continued to read his books for years afterward. Somehow I missed Methuselah's Children, so I recently got it on my Kindle and enjoyed getting reacquainted with Heinlein's writing.Methuselah's Children introduced Lazarus Long, a character who shows up in other Heinlein books as well. He's one of the Howard family's long-lived descendents, part of a grand experiment to increase the lifespan of humans by. I discovered that reading it was like seeing an old friend after many years william moultrie 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 Icar. John M. Ford said Heinlein's Long Life. It's the future. And some people have twice the normal lifespan. This carefully guarded secret becomes known to the general public who demand access to life-extending medical treatments. Unfortunately there aren't any. The longevity enjoyed by members of the "Howard Families" results from naturally-occurring genes and selective breeding. The public is disbelieving, envious, and angry. Efforts are commenced to extract the secrets of extended life through force.Most members of the Howard Families go into hiding. In the middle of this crisis Lazarus Long, the oldest living Howard, reappears. Long presumed dead*, Laza