Question for any HEINLEIN fans...

Amazon ^ | 7/16/2002 | GunRunner

[GunRunner]

I just purchased Time Enough For Love and was about to start reading it until I read on Amazon that it is actually the 3rd in a trilogy about Lazurus Long that started with Stranger In a Strange Land, then The Number of the Beast. Is this true? Or does this book stand alone?

Thanks for any help.

[Miss Marple]

You can read it by itself, although I recommend reading the others first.

[Snowy]

Mr. Snowy is a big Heinlein fan. He says the following..

Stranger In a Strange land
Time Enough for Love
The Number of the Beast

That is the actual order, though they weren't written as a trilogy. Each can stand alone.

[Iris7]

Actually Lazarus Long comes from Methuselah's Children, and is nearly unrelated to the other titles. That you have a sequel is incorrect. Time Enough for Love is real late Heinlein though, fantastic and lascivious.

[eureka!]

Whatever you do, don't miss Stranger in a Strange Land...

[Samwise]

My favorite Heinlein book. Feel free to continue reading it. It stands on its on--although it does expand upon an earlier short.

[Flyer]

*PING*

[Tao Yin]

What about the uncut version of Stranger in a Strange Land? I read the original, and have thought about rereading it. I just don't know if I should get the new version.

[Blood of Tyrants]

GREAT book! An excellent book to share with a wife/husband. Especially the story about Lazarus and Dora.

[eureka!]

I can't say. Hopefully another Freeper will have a recommendation as to whether the uncut is worth it. Bump for that reason...

[strela]

If you're going to read Time Enough for Love, try to shoehorn To Sail Beyond the Sunset somewhere in there. It deals with an important character in Time and other Heinlein works.

[Coyoteman]

Don't forget "To Sail Into the Sunset"

[harpseal]

Time enough for love stands on its own. However, Number of the beast ties together Time enough for Love, Stranger in a strange Land, and The Monn is a harsh Mistress

Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown

[Paid4This]

Where does The Cat Who Walks Through Walls fit in there? I thought the first half was some of the best Heinlein I had read, the last half some of the worst. I got the feeling I had missed something important somewhere along the way though . . . maybe some of the books you've mentioned?

[Samwise]

I've read most of them, but not all. I reread Stranger in a Strange Land about a year ago. It seemed dated...or perhaps it was me. I'm an old lady now, and what was once daring, insightful, and bold seemed naive. Sigh....

It's been years since I read Time Enough for Love, although I have read it many times. I hesitate to reread it now because I don't want to feel about it the same way I felt about Stranger.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

Personally, I thought Stranger in a Strange Land was not very good, in spite of its mild eroticism. On the other hand, Starship Troopers was not too bad.

[humblegunner]

Stand alone book.. "Time Enough" chronicles the life
of Maureen, a red-headed hottie..but is continued elsewhere..
I failed to see "The cat who walks through walls"" as
Maureen has a part in that one, too...

It is from Maureen that I get the word "mayn't"...

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

A ping to you, just in case...