{"id":1170,"date":"2012-11-11T19:45:15","date_gmt":"2012-11-11T19:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2012-11-11T19:45:15","modified_gmt":"2012-11-11T19:45:15","slug":"happy100th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heinleinsociety.org\/happy100th\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 100th to Lazarus Long!"},"content":{"rendered":"

11-11-12: It’s Lazarus Long’s 100th Birthday !<\/h2>\n

Happy 100th Birthday Woodrow Wilson Smith, aka Lazarus Long; Ernest Gibbons; Captain Aaron Sheffield; “Happy” Daze; His Serenity Seraphin the Younger, Supreme High Priest of the One God in All His Aspects and Arbiter Below and Above; Proscriber Prisoner No. 83M2742; Mr. Justice Lenox; Corporal Ted Bronson; Dr. Lafe Hubert; and others. Oldest member of the human race.<\/p>\n

“It takes a hundred years or so to realize just how good life is.” – Lazarus Long<\/h4>\n

First appearing in Methuselah’s Children<\/em>, the oldest living member of the long-lived Howard Families, Woodrow Wilson Smith\/Lazarus Long started the spread of the human race to the stars. In his next appearance, 2000 years later, in Time Enough For Love<\/em>, Lazarus reminisced about his long life and adventures, returning at the end to the place he was born, meeting himself as a child.<\/p>\n

One of Heinlein’s most memorable characters, Lazarus Long reappeared several more times later novels, The Number of the Beast<\/em>, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls<\/em>, and To Sail Beyond the Sunset<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Titles available on Amazon.com:<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n
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11-11-12: It’s Lazarus Long’s 100th Birthday ! Happy 100th Birthday Woodrow Wilson Smith, aka Lazarus Long; Ernest Gibbons; Captain Aaron Sheffield; “Happy” Daze; His Serenity Seraphin the Younger, Supreme High Priest of the One God in All His Aspects and Arbiter Below and Above; Proscriber Prisoner No. 83M2742; Mr. Justice Lenox; Corporal Ted Bronson; Dr.…
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