“Una sociedad que se deshace de todos sus problemáticos va cuesta abajo”.En Tiempo Suficiente para Amar encontramos mucho de esa reformulación y cuestionamiento de las costumbres sociales típicas de Heinlein (como en Forastero en tierra extraña); sin embargo, sin la fuerza impulsora de la narrativa de Forastero, Tiempo Suficiente se siente, en su mayor parte, inconexa y muy larga. La novela comienza con un recuento de las aventuras del hombre más viejo vivo, Lazarus Long. Hay algunas historias i...

La gente parece tener una relación de amor-odio con *Tiempo Suficiente para Amar* de Heinlein. Y debo decir que estoy firmemente en el primer bando. Admito que entiendo por qué algunas de las personas negativas se alarman (vale, quizás el tema del incesto va un poco lejos), pero la rareza de Heinlein no me molesta. Y creo que algunos críticos han errado el tiro por completo al centrarse en lo que no importa. Lo cual está dentro de sus derechos, por supuesto, y una opinión es solo una opinión. Bl...

*** Relectura de 2024 - Una de las mayores alegrías de mi carrera como lector ha sido el redescubrimiento de las obras tardías de Heinlein. Durante años, incluso décadas, he tenido una recepción tibia para el último tercio del trabajo del Gran Maestro, desde No Temeré Mal Alguno en 1970 hasta su fallecimiento en 1988, que comprende siete novelas.No es que me disgustaran las novelas por completo, simplemente no eran mis favoritas (aunque tendré que volver a leer No Temeré Mal Alguno ya que esa sí...

- Señor Lazarus Long, ya que está de paso por principios del siglo XXI, ¿podría regalarnos algunas joyas inestimables de sabiduría casera para que los miembros de Goodreads se maravillen?- Caramba, cuando veo a todas las chicas guapas en este sitio, ¿cómo puedo decir que no? ¿Podría pasarme las... tablillas cuneiformes? ¿Rollos de papiro? ¿Pergamino? Oh, sí, el portátil. Lo siento, es difícil tener las cosas claras. Así que...1. Si eres un escritor de ciencia ficción cansado que se ha quedado co...

(Read the other reviews for plot summaries. No point in rehashing.)Heinlein has profoundly influenced my thinking and life since I was but in my early teens, so I guess this review isn't exactly impartial. Still, there are books of his that bored me, among them Stranger in Strange Land. In other words, I know the man's limitations.With all this said, I still think that TEFL qualifies as a curmudgeonly masterpiece, and it banged my head against a wall again and again and said "Get a life, man! Ge...

This is one of those books that I wanted to stop reading, but I persevered in the hopes that something would redeem it by the end. There was no redemption; only sadness and a burning expletive on the end of my tongue. In a book with over 20 characters, the only one I enjoyed was a talking mule. In a book with nearly 600 pages, only 30 of them contained a story I cared about.The author’s command of the English language was acceptable, but there were a few spelling errors that made me stumble, not...

I love Lazarus Long. That is all.I think RAH transcends mere sexuality (or he's a horny old goat, one) and winds a tale in his 'future history' series that is unlike anything else I've ever read. IOW, I don't think he could have quite told the tale without sorta 'getting rid' of standard morals about sex and love.This IS one of my favorites of the series, but I've got to re-read it to remember why I was left with such strong sentiment about this particular book. It, along with Number of the Beas...

What would you do if you could live 4,000 years? Try out every profession at least once? Make enough babies to populate a planet? Travel as far as the galaxy goes? Lazarus Long has done all that and more. He’s about to die peacefully when he’s kidnapped and rejuvenated and coerced to tell his memoirs. I could read stories about Lazarus’ life for months, but unfortunately this book only contains two. The rest is action in the ‘present’ (4272 Gregorian), and at the end, an account of Lazarus’ trip...

I have a love-hate relationship with Heinlein. Some of his stuff is great. Some of it, like Farnham's Freehold, which I reviewed here, I simply hate. However, I like enough of his work that I seek more. This was a book that took me a long time to get through, but when I got done, it was well worth it. I read it back in 2002. From my journal back then: >>I found it to be a book that makes you think. I thought the opening was a bit slow, but once the narrative was set up, it got interesting....

This is one of his pivotal books. Until the 60s, he was quite constrained by what he could write by contracts (e.g., Scribner Juveniles) & editors. After his big hit with Stranger in a Strange Land & several others, his popularity grew & the reins slipped off. In 1970, he had a close brush with death, was desperate to publish what he wanted without restraint, & did so. The result was I Will Fear No Evil, his descent into wordiness & weird sex. This book followed a few years l...