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    <body><![CDATA[Finally a &quot;CLASSIC&quot; that live up to the billing.<br/>I had grown weary of the same old trite - &quot;You HAVE to read&quot;s - that just didnt live up to the billing.<br/><br/>Having read a lot of Larry Niven, and now starting on the Heinlein series', I think it is safe to guess Niven g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81427702">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Plot Summary:<br/>- Starts with the Howard families being called together.<br/>- They acknowledge that their existence is known on earth, and the entire world demands to share the &quot;secret&quot; of eternal youth. <br/>- Lazarus Long emerges as the mastermind behind the plan to evacuate the Ho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56503073">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Lazarus Long is not one of my favorite Heinlein characters, he is a grumpy old coot, and not even that compelling in his reasons for being so. Despite that, this was a compelling novel with a solid premise, and some good old fashioned space action. There was quite a lot of science in this science fi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42567583">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[not his greatest work, but fills in part of the future history. besides, i love lazuras long :)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an interesting book to review.  The character (if not &quot;the main&quot; then at least &quot;very major&quot;) Lazarus Long was semi-annoying and seemed almost out of place in the book, and there were a substantial number of discrepancies (see below) that bothered me...yet I really enjoyed...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32007470">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A family of immortals steal a space ship and leave earth to avoid persecution. <br/>Interesting bit of space opera with the usual Heinlein touches. Sets up a few ideas that are used in his later books.<br/>One of the first Heinlein books I ever read. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[people are bred for longevity and then some of them live for like, hundreds of years.  consternation results!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Awesome, unexpected twists and turns keep you entertained throughout.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Methuselah's Children by Robert A. Heinlein (1986)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the first Heinlein book I ever read.  While the subsequent exploration of RAH's universe brought me to better books, I'll always remember this one fondly.]]></body>
    
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