Methuselah's Children
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (506 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1455878987 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 269 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Robert A Heinlein is considered one of the Big Three of classic science fiction (along with Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. . 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). His worldwide bestsellers include Have Space Suit Will Travel, Stranger in a Strange
Robert A Heinlein is considered one of the Big Three of classic science fiction (along with Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. 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. 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 scien
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 m. "I discovered that reading it was like seeing an old friend after many years" according to 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 an. 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"
Americans are fiercely proud of their re-won liberties and the blood it cost them; nothing could make them forswear those truths they hold self-evident. Nothing except the promise of immortality…. After the fall of the American Ayatollahs as foretold in Stranger in a Strange Land and chronicled in Revolt in 2100, the United States of America at last fulfills the promise inherent in its first Revolution: for the first time in human history there is a nation with Liberty and Justice for All. No one may seize or harm the person or property of another, or invade his privacy, or force him to do his bidding