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When the Howard Families’ longevity becomes public, envy turns into persecution. Lazarus Long helps lead their escape from Earth, beginning a search for safety that tests freedom, identity and belonging.
Within a future society that regards itself as free and enlightened live the Howard Families, people with exceptionally long lifespans. Their longevity results from generations of encouraging marriages between members of long-lived families. When their existence becomes public, others refuse to believe that no secret rejuvenation treatment is involved.
Envy and fear soon override legal protections. The families are pressured to surrender knowledge they do not possess, and suspicion develops into persecution. Lazarus Long, a resourceful and experienced long-lived man, becomes central to their escape from Earth.
Aboard the starship New Frontiers, the refugees seek a new home and encounter unfamiliar forms of life. Yet finding sanctuary proves more complicated than reaching another planet: safety, freedom and the preservation of human identity may demand different choices.
Methuselah’s Children combines interstellar adventure with an examination of a society abandoning its principles when confronted with an advantage unavailable to the majority. Heinlein explores individual rights, collective pressure and the effects of longevity on love and belonging. Part of his Future History, the novel introduces one of his most enduring characters.
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