From the "New York Times "bestselling author of "Starship Troopers "and the first Grand Master of Science Fiction... Lazarus Long 1916-4272 The capstone and crowning achievement of Heinlein's famous Future History, " Time Enough for Love "follows Lazarus Long through a vast and magnificent timescape of centuries and worlds. Heinlein's longest and most ambitious work, 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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Cette saga explore les profondeurs de l'existence à travers des concepts tels que la longévité, le voyage dans le temps et les sauts entre les univers. Les récits regorgent de réflexions philosophiques sur l'humanité, la société et la nature même de la réalité. Les lecteurs sont invités à des aventures extraordinaires qui transcendent les frontières de l'univers connu. C'est une célébration des possibilités infinies et des aspirations humaines profondes.




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A brilliant, but eccentric scientist has invented a space/time machine and using the three space and three time co-ordinates, he has discovered a possible 666 alternative universes ...666 being associated with the biblical Beast of Revelations. Into this theme, Heinlein weaves his own galaxy of incredible ingredients - a Martian penal colony where the British empire wars with Imperial Russia; a universe with no letter "I"; Multiperson Pantheistic Solipsism; and the possibility that the mythical Beast may not be mythical at all...
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Framed for murder, married to the exquisite Gwen Novak, fleeing for his life in the Wild West free enterprise zones of the moon, Colonel Colin Campbell (23rd century writer, traveller and bon viveur) is pursued by mysterious forces. Heinlein is also the author of "Stranger in a Strange Land".
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To Sail Beyond the Sunset
The Lives and Loves of Maureen Johnson (being the Memoirs of a Somewhat Irregular Lady)
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AN EPIC S.F. NOVEL BY THE MASTER OF THE FIELD AND THE AUTHOR OF STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND. THE NOVEL IS MAINLY IN THE FORM OF AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FLASHBACK FROM A TOUGH SPACE GOING LADY WHO FINDS HERSELF NAKED IN A CYBERNETIC HOTEL ROOM WITH A STIFF AND A TELEPATHIC CAT THAT CAN WALK THROUGH WALLS. SHE TURNS OUT TO HAVE BEEN BORN BACK IN THE 1890S AND TO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP UNDER THE AUSPICIES OF THE HOWARD LEAGUE (A RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERESTED IN LONGEVITY). THE GIRL IS A RADICAL OF THE CONSERVATIVE VARIETY AND A FREE THINKER WHO LEARNS MUCH ABOUT LIFE FROM HER WISE OLD DADDY, A DOCTOR WITH A GOOD LINE IN HOME-SPUN THEORISING. SHE WORKS OUT HER OWN VALUES AND RE-WRITES THE 10 COMMANDMENTS IN A WICKEDLY RELEVANT FASHION. ALL SHE LEARNS ABOUT SEX IN ALL ITS VARIETIES. SHE IS PAID BY THE HOWARD LEAGUE FOR EVERY BABY. EVEN AT 600 YEARS-OLD SHE IS A TOUGH AND FEISTY OLD BROAD WITH THE BODY OF A 35-YEAR-OLD (SHE HAS BEEN REJUVENATED A FEW TIMES). THERE>>>2 15/2/88-AS OM EDITION: A: 75000 @ $3.50 OR $3.99: 464PP: UC=24P: MAX. IS NOT A LOT OF NARRATIVE BUT THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF WISE AND ENTERTAINING OBSERVATION. 7/9/87-OFFSET MJ(COVER ARTWORK SAME AS WELL): 464PP: A: 12000 @ $3.50(OM)& 70000 @ $3.50(UK): 30P: MAX