Methuselah’s Children
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Methuselah’s Children is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein that follows a secretive group of long-lived humans fleeing persecution and exploring alien worlds, and is notable for introducing elements later central to his Future History series.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Methuselah’s Children canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Robert A. Heinlein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Andrew Jackson Libby
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Lazarus Long NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Sperling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsGroup | Howard Families NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstPublicationForm | serial ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Astounding Science Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
a secretive group of long-lived humans
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the Howard Families NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
first contact with alien species
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flight from authoritarian government ⓘ secret breeding program ⓘ |
| hasRevisedText | expanded and updated prose compared to the 1941 serial ⓘ |
| influenced |
later depictions of Lazarus Long in Heinlein’s works
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subsequent science fiction treatments of longevity ⓘ |
| inUniverseChronologyPosition | late in Heinlein’s Future History timeline ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Golden Age of Science Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Andrew Jackson Libby
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Lazarus Long NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Sperling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
developing the concept of selective breeding for longevity
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introducing elements central to Heinlein’s Future History continuity ⓘ introducing the Howard Families ⓘ |
| partOf | Robert A. Heinlein’s Future History series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The Howard Families flee persecution on Earth and travel to alien worlds in search of safety. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherOfBookEdition | Gnome Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Man Who Sold the Moon
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The Past Through Tomorrow NERFINISHED ⓘ The Roads Must Roll NERFINISHED ⓘ Time Enough for Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revisedEditionYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| series | Future History NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
alien planets
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future Earth ⓘ interstellar space ⓘ |
| subgenre | space opera ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
exploration of alien cultures
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freedom and individualism ⓘ longevity ⓘ persecution of minorities ⓘ social and political implications of extended lifespan ⓘ |
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