This edition of The Notebooks of Lazarus Long is eloquently illustrated with calligraphy to add a luxury to this wealth of good advice.

When I first began reading Heinlein, I was a child of no more than eleven. This, like the book it is collected from (Time Enough for Love), and other of his works played major parts in shaping my personal philosophy, mode of thinking, and subsequently myself into who I am today. That said, I hold a strong bias toward most things Heinlein. I love this collection of quotes and hold its advice overall to be sound and oft humorous and entertaining.

The older I get, the weirder I think I think it is that Heinlein wrote so much incest into his later books

Too young to fight in the First World War, but destined to lead the first successful expedition to another star system, the (literally) immortal Lazarus Long is the most popular and enduring character created by Robert A. Heinlein, author of numerous New York Times best sellers. He starred in Heinlein's most popular novels, including Methuselah's Children, Time Enough For Love, The Number Of The Beast, To Sail Beyond The Sunset and others. The oldest living member of the human race due to his unique genes, Long has been a pioneer on eight planets, survived wars and lynch mobs, and explored most of the galaxy. His adventures have given him a breadth of experience distilled through the irony of an immortal viewpoint. But there is nothing pompous about Long's reflections on the human condition. As the noted editor and critic David G. Hartwell has observed, "Lazarus' comments are acute, lively and intelligent." And here they are, compiled in one beautifully designed trade paperback, filled with illuminations and illustrations by renowned Science Fiction artist Stephen Hickman, for the delight of the millions of Heinlein fans around the world.

Proverbs for This Millennium.

Whether wisdom or foolishness, these aphorisms need to be read and pondered deeply. The wisdom is not in the words themselves, but in your unique response.

Heinlein's opinions were just the worst, weren't they?

A good weekend's enjoyment.

Haven't read any Heinlein book

I'll consider this a sarcastic book and I like it

A short book loaded with uncommon wisdom and common sense.

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I'm rather ambivalent towards most of Heinlein's writing, but this collection of quotes is an entertaining and quick read.

"A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits."

"It is better to copulate than never."

and one that is rather timely:

"You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once."
(reminiscent of a favorite of mine, attributed to Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety").

I thought this would be more of a novel, and less notes by the main character. It was interesting, but not as much as I had hoped.

You'll find most of this in "Time Enough for Love" & other books. Having all that preaching together in one place is just too much. Lazarus is the oldest man alive & while he's entertaining, he's overbearing & full of himself. After "Time Enough for Love" he was a major figure in other books & it all got to be too much for me. Too little story, too much 'father figure' preaching.

I absolutely love a lot of the sayings attributed to Lazarus Long, though. They're witty & very often true. Stuff like (paraphrase) 'An elephant is a mouse built to government specs.' or 'A committee is the only animal that has 6 or more bellies & no brain.'