Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2013. Since I'm in between seasons of Game of Thrones, who knew I'd find a delicious taste of adventure and history as well as romance in "Time Enough For Love." Returning to Secondus (the planet he founded as the home for the Howard Families (see below)) to die, Lazarus is unwillingly rejuvenated at the command of the Chairman Pro Tem, who feels himself to be in desperate need of Lazarus’s wisdom. Yet the storytelling here is so well done, that it’s hard to complain. Later on, Lamb masters flying and then gets himself assigned to the military bureaucracy, where he streamlines the entire system and, with the advantage of his experience, makes life easier for the men on the front line. This page works best with JavaScript. The first – The Tale of the Man Who Was Too Lazy to Fail – is the story of David Lamb, an American naval cadet prior and during WW2, a man so lazy that his approach to everything was to find the way to do it with the least possible expenditure of energy. (It also has some amusing moments; when he uses cards to teach the twins about the danger of inbreeding, which is described very well, he gets asked which method he used to cheat.) Lazarus is the central character, in many ways, but the side characters have their own romances. I was on the edge of my seat for most of the story and couldn't put it down until I'd finished reading. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. The planet he rules is on the verge of a socio-political crisis that may destroy the Howard Families and Lazarus’s legacy. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Maybe try one of the links below or a search? (Purchased on Amazon CA, reviewed here for greater visibility.). Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2013. Heinlein may have wanted to shock – I think he did like shocking people in his later works – but I found it hard to stomach. Disabling it will result in some disabled or missing features. It is a story of a man who takes a decidedly practical approach to life. A woman in 1916 who had sex before (or outside) marriage ran the risk of getting pregnant and thus facing utter ruin; later, went cheap and effective forms of birth control were developed, women were freed from the chains that society had needed to place on them. The Tale of the Adopted Daughter is, perhaps, the weakest of the three. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. There may be plenty of loose ends in this novel, but there is no padding. You can still see all customer reviews for the product. Heinlein wonderfully demonstrates the hypocrisy that the locals have to embrace, constantly, just to survive. Indeed, it considers the other forms of love – the love one might have for a parent or for a sibling or even for a friend – almost as much as it touches on romantic love. Finally, The Tale of the Adopted Daughter is the story of the single greatest romance in Lazarus’s life, the one girl he never let himself forget. Time Enough for Love even blends in a sub-plot romance with Princess Adelaide and King Otto giving them a chance at love in this intriguing epic saga, which made me happy! In many ways, this is a theme that runs through all of Heinlein’s later books. On one, it is the story of the obligations a man has to his wife and family, obligations that were already decaying when Heinlein write the book (and are now regarded as somewhat passé.) A lovely read. Amazing Stories® is a Registered Trademark of Steve Davidson and the Experimenter Publishing Company, LLC. A high tale based with real historical characters, the romance between Gwendolyn and Alberto continues, while Queen Adelaide who they rescue sends for King Otto of Germany, a man she instantly fell in love with just hours before her arranged marriage to her now deceased husband, to enlist his help to end the terrible reign of the evil Willa of Tuscany and her very nasty husband Berengar. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2016. (He has a thinking prejudice against incest). The Tale of the Twins Who Weren’t is a great deal more complex. And then there is the morality of someone marrying his ward, although – to be fair – Lazarus is older than practically everyone at this point. Ready to read the next in the series. Lazarus plays father to them, pushing them to stretch their wings – even to the point of subtly encouraging them to defy him – while, at the same time, covertly doing what he can to smooth their path. By the time he’s done, the twins are adults in every sense of the word, although they do have some minor problems from time to time. But, unlike many other books by Heinlein, Time Enough for Love requires a great deal of commitment from its reader …, … And many will feel that it has simply not aged very, A book that interests me book I cannot get myself to make the plunge. The framing device is cunningly designed to allow the three stories to be told in a manner that feels almost natural. It’s a very different story from the first, but it does read well. Some of his stories are rather contradictory, which has some amusing effects; his listeners tell him, at one point, that they’ve already heard several different versions of a particular lie. On one hand, we have a world where technology has reached the point where humans are no longer bound by society’s chains. It’s actually quite difficult to review and rate the book because of its format, so I’m going to look at the three stories one by one before assessing the rest of the book. Armed with his experience, Lazarus sets off on a mission to meet his parents and grandfather … a scheme that goes a little off the rails when he finds himself falling in love with his mother, getting conscripted into World War One and nearly being killed in the trenches. Your mileage may vary. Learn how your comment data is processed. As Dora grows older, she eventually falls in love with Lazarus (the only thing saving Lazarus from a charge of wife husbandry is that it’s pretty clear he didn’t mean to do it) and she marries him when he is forced to change his identity. To the battles and intrigue surrounding the struggle by Queen Adelaide and her loyal supporters, led by Alberto Uzzo, Lord of Canossa, to hold the throne against Willa of Tuscany and Count Berengar. As such, he remains one of the most realistic and yet idealistic writers of his world.

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