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Methuselah's Children is a Speculative Fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein first published as a serial in 1941 and expanded into a full novel in 1958. It is about a group of naturally long-lived humans who find themselves persecuted by 22nd century society for the (nonexistent) secret of their longevity and are forced to flee on humanity's first interstellar colony spacecraft. On the journey, they undergo First Contact and meet a number of weird alien species, eventually returning to Earth to find that society has invented its own longevity technology in their absence. The combination of rejuvenation technology, prolonged lifespans, and Faster-Than-Light Travel gives humanity the keys to colonizing the galaxy.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })Methuselah's Children also introduces the roguish Lazarus Long, the protagonist and instigator of many of the novel's schemes, who would later go on to become Heinlein's archprotagonist, appearing in every novel set in the "Future History" universe until Heinlein's death. | |
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Body Horror: On the planet of the Sufficiently Advanced Aliens, Lazarus finally realizes that humans can't stay there when they start giving birth to "improved" babies with evolutionarily redundant features (such as external ears) modified or removed. Their hosts view this as a gift and cannot understand the horror the humans feel. | |
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As You Know: The book opens with a meeting of Howard Foundation members where one character goes on for several pages, detailing the history of the foundation, its goals, and his plans for the future. While very interesting (to the reader), the entire monologue is framed as an As You Know. As the characters are all extremely long-lived and therefore very patient, they don't mind too much. He is however called on it by Lazarus Long, who has better things to do - mostly involving sex. | |
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