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Time Enough For Love follows Lazarus Long through a vast and magnificent timescape of centuries and worlds. It is the story of a man so in love with Life that he refused to stop living it; and so in love with Time that he became his own ancestor.
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Lazarus Long/Woodrow Wilson Smith/Captain Sheffield/Uncle Gibbie/Ted Bronson has lived 2000 years & is the oldest of the Howard Family. He can't think of anything he hasn't already done or any reason to keep living. But Justin, the Chief Administrator of Secundus & Howard Family Elder... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Lazarus Long: Born in 1912 in the third generation of a long-life selective breeding experiment run by the Ira Howard Foundation, Lazarus (whose birth name is Woodrow Wilson Smith) turns out to be unusually long-lived, living well over two thousand years with the aid of occasional rejuvenation treatments
- Deacon Ames (no first name): Constable in the town where Lazarus Long began his trip back in time
- Ariel Barstow: Ishtar Hardy's great-great-great grandmother. Lazarus Long was once married to her, and he said that Ishtar resembled her.
- Susan Barstow: Howard Families member whom Justin Foote 45th had expected to succeed Ira Weatheral as Chairman Pro Tem. She did succeed Arabelle Foote-Hedrick after that Chairman's brief term.
- Zaccur (Zack) Barstow: He was described by Lazarus Long as his "partner in crime"; no doubt the same man as on the New Frontiers. Two of his grandparents were mulatto.
- Maureen Johnson Smith: Lazarus' mother
- Lapis Lazuli Long: Lazarus' daughter/sister/ genetic triplet
- Lorilei Lee Long: Add a description of this character.
- Dora: One of Lazarus Long's wives
- Minerva
- Tamara
- Galahad
Quotes edit
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“$100 placed at 7 percent interest compounded quarterly for 200 years will increase to more than $100,000,000 — by which time it will be worth nothing.”
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“A zygote is a gamete's way of producing more gametes. This may be the purpose of the universe.”
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“An elephant. A mouse built to government specifications.”
First Sentence edit
As the door of the suite dilated, the man seated staring glumly out the window looked around.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
Prelude
I
II
Counterpoint
I
II
Variations on a Theme
I - Affairs of State
II - The Tale of the Man Who Was Too Lazy to Fail
III - Domestic Problems
Counterpoint
III
Variations on a Theme
IV - Love
Counterpoint
IV
Variations on a Theme
V - Voices in the Dark
VI - The Tale of the Twins Who Weren't
VII - Valhalla to Landfall
VIII - Landfall
IX - Conversation Before Dawn
X - Possibilities
Intermission--
Excerpts from the Notebooks of Lazarus Long
Variations on a Theme
XI - The Tale of the Adopted Daughter
XII - The Tale of the Adopted Daughter (continued)
Second Intermission
More from the Notebooks of Lazarus Long
Variations on a Theme
XIII - Boondock
XIV - Bacchanalia
XV - Agape
XVI - Eros
XVII - Narcissus
Da Capo
I - The Green Hills
II - The End of an Era
III - Maureen
IV - Home
V - <quick>
VI - <quick>
VII - <quick>
Coda
I - <quick>
II - <moderate>
III - <slow>
IV - <quick>
Series & Lists edit
This book is in The Future History Series. (standard series)
This book is in Future History. (universe)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robert A. Heinlein (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Putnam
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1973
ISBN: 0-399-11151-4
Page Count: 605
Publisher: Putnam
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1973
ISBN: 0-399-11151-4
Page Count: 605
Awards edit
- Nebula (Finalist, 1973: Best Novel)
- Hugo (Finalist, 1974: Best Novel)
- Locus Science Fiction Award (Finalist, 1974)
- Prometheus Hall of Fame Award (1998)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PZ3.H364 Ti3
- Dewey: 813.54
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