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Quotes . Robert Heinlein was a brilliant author and an observer of the strength and frailties of man. So many stories, so much wisdom, and a cast of characters I love spending time with. The rest is action in the ‘present’ (4272 Gregorian), and at the end, an account of Lazarus’ trip back in time to visit his “first family” (parents, brothers and sisters, grandfather). Time Enough for Love Quotes Showing 1-30 of 81 “Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.” ― Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love There are some interesting stories here (including one involving colonization on a more primitive planet and time travel to one's own youth); however, the more developed There is plenty of Heinlein's reshaping/questioning of social mores in Time Enough for Love (much like Stranger in a Strange Land); however, without the driving force of Stranger's narrative behind it, Time Enough mostly feels disjointed and long-winded.
A few days ago I got it in exchange for AK from the American girl in my Kathmandu hotel. “Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.” The leader of this planet has foolishly asked the rambling old man to tell him random and stupid stories from his past, giving the lecherous bore an excuse to waffle on ad nauseum for the next, literally, 600 pages - way way way too long. Lazarus Long has done all that and more. Heinlein's writing is difficult for me to read because I feel it's a bit convoluted and sometimes poorly executed, but he is a great storyteller, and while I can't say that I agree with all the A number of fellow poly-folk and friends whom I respect highly had mentioned this book when discussing their awakening to their polyamourous natures, and so I decided to pick it up a while back. ), and he instead focuses on the attitudes and platitudes that have allegedly kept his main charater alive for 2500+ years in an exciting and dangerous universe. Unfortunately, as I read the first few pages I realised I’d made a terrible mistake. The leader of this planet has foolishly asked the rambling old man to tell him random and stupidI'd been looking out for this one ever since I saw it new in the KL super-bookshop several months back. I'd been looking out for this one ever since I saw it new in the KL super-bookshop several months back. 81 quotes from Time Enough for Love: ‘Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.’ Accompanied by some of his descendants, Lazarus has now moved to a new planet and established a In the concluding tale, Lazarus attempts to travel backward in time to 1919 to experience it as an adult, but an error in calculation places Lazarus in 1916, on the eve of America's involvement in There are also two "Intermission" sections, each some six or eight pages long, taking the form of lists of provocative phrases and What ties most of the stories together is that they are an examination and deconstruction of incest. (Read the other reviews for plot summaries.
No point in rehashing. Libby is the human calculator genius who first appears in the short story "Misfit".
Heinlein brought back Lazarus Long (his almost immortal) and covered parts of his life. He adds tremendously to the book.Not his best (in my openion). Time Enough for Love (1973) is a science fiction novel, written by Robert A. Heinlein, about the life of Lazarus Long (birth name: Woodrow Wilson Smith), the oldest living human, now more than two thousand years old. 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. I'm just too much in love with it. All right, another rating biased by the age at which I read this book. I'm normally a fairly fast reader, but this took me months to slog thru (with lots of breaks for other books). "Time Enough for Love follows Lazarus Long through a vast and magnificent timescape of centuries and worlds. The rest is action in the ‘present’ (4272 Gregorian), and at the end, an account of Lazarus’ tripWhat would you do if you could live 4,000 years? Some of his stuff is great. The novel begins with a recalling of adventures from the oldest man alive.
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