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** One cornerstone of Lazarus' characterization is that he's very self-reliant and tries to be prepared for things to go wrong in a way that forces him back on that self-reliance. If any of several possible misfortunes had left Lazarus stranded in the past during his time trip, he'd be forced to live with that mutilation for centuries if not longer. It's understandable that he decided not to do that before he knew he'd end up caught up in the war. By the time he'd be considering it specifically because he knew he needed to avoid military service, his 20th century family would likely have suspected that his conveniently timed injury was something he'd caused in order to stay out of the military.
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* FridgeLogic: A simple solution to the problem of being drafted into the military would have been for Lazarus to inflict a minor but disqualifying disability on himself, say by having one of his eyes removed before going back in time; the technology exists in the 43rd century to implant cloned eyes. Granted, Lazarus intends to arrive during the peaceful 1920s, but it seems a good precaution in case Ship!Dora misses the mark, as does happen.
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* FridgeLogic: A simple solution to the problem of being drafted into the military would have been for Lazarus to inflict a minor but disqualifying disability on himself, say by having one of his eyes removed before going back in time; the technology exists in the 43rd century to implant cloned eyes. Granted, Lazarus intends to arrive during the peaceful 1920s, but it seems a good precaution in case Ship!Dora misses the mark, as does happen.happen.
* ProtectionFromEditors: Creator/LarryNiven, who was friends with Heinlein, suggested long after Heinlein’s death that this novel and its successors lost the “density of ideas” of Heinlein’s earlier work.
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* ProtectionFromEditors: Creator/LarryNiven, who was friends with Heinlein, suggested long after Heinlein’s death that this novel and its successors lost the “density of ideas” of Heinlein’s earlier work.
--> '''Niven:''' His later novels sprawled all over the place. They needed an editor!
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* CreatorsPet: Literally every female in the story wants to bang Lazarus. ''Literally'' literally. Even the ''computer'' wants to sleep with him.
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* UnfortunateImplications: Pretty much every woman in the novel (even the one who was a computer when he first met her) considers herself a failure as a woman if she can't bed Lazarus. From an evolutionary standpoint, it could be argued that Lazarus is the fittest male in existence, but women have an almost pathological need to mate with him. Ishtar denies that Lazarus' genes are why she wants to have a child by him, though she doesn't elaborate on the real reason, feeling that Galahad can't understand. Women just seem to be drawn to him.
* UnfortunateImplications: Pretty much every woman in the novel (even the one who was a computer when he first met her) considers herself a failure as a woman if she can't bed Lazarus. From an evolutionary standpoint, it could be argued that Lazarus is the fittest male in existence, but women have an almost pathological need to mate with him. Ishtar denies that Lazarus' genes are why she wants to have a child by him, though she doesn't elaborate on the real reason, feeling that Galahad can't understand. Women just seem to be drawn to him.
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* FridgeLogic: A simple solution to the problem of being drafted into the military would have been for Lazarus to inflict a minor but disqualifying disability on himself, say by having one of his eyes removed before going back in time; the technology exists in the 43rd century to implant cloned eyes. Granted, Lazarus intends to arrive during the peaceful 1920s, but it seems a good precaution in case Ship!Dora misses the mark, as does happen.
* UnfortunateImplications: Pretty much every woman in the novel (even the one who was a computer when he first met her) considers herself a failure as a woman if she can't bed Lazarus. From an evolutionary standpoint, it could be argued that Lazarus is the fittest male in existence, but women have an almost pathological need to mate with him. Ishtar denies that Lazarus' genes are why she wants to have a child by him, though she doesn't elaborate on the real reason, feeling that Galahad can't understand. Women just seem to be drawn to him.happen.
* UnfortunateImplications: Pretty much every woman in the novel (even the one who was a computer when he first met her) considers herself a failure as a woman if she can't bed Lazarus. From an evolutionary standpoint, it could be argued that Lazarus is the fittest male in existence, but women have an almost pathological need to mate with him. Ishtar denies that Lazarus' genes are why she wants to have a child by him, though she doesn't elaborate on the real reason, feeling that Galahad can't understand. Women just seem to be drawn to him.
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* MarySuetopia: A more downplayed version. Technology has gotten to the point where inhabiting a new planet is as easy as living in a big city, and given that the family did decide to immigrate to the new planet, they do get to settle how they want. It is indeed unrealistically peaceful and efficient, but it did have to take advantage of a whole new planet and technology to make it work.
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Nearly-immortal adult man spends chapters and chapters describing in detail a galaxy where ephebophilia and incest are normal and rampant; he himself practices both.
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Nearly-immortal adult man spends chapters and chapters describing in detail a galaxy where ephebophilia (and hebephilia and pedophilia) and incest are normal and rampant; he himself practices both.
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Nearly-immortal old adult man spends chapters and chapters describing in detail a world galaxy where incest and ephebophilia and incest are normal and rampant; he himself practices both and he's the hero.both.
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Nearly-immortal old man spends chapters and chapters describing in detail a world where incest and near-pedophilia ephebophilia are normal and rampant; he himself practices both and he's the hero.
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* UnfortunateImplications: Pretty much every woman in the novel (even the one who was a computer when he first met her) considers herself a failure as a woman if she can't bed Lazarus. From an evolutionary standpoint, it could be argued that Lazarus is the fittest male in existence, but women have an almost pathological need to mate with him.
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* FridgeLogic: A simple solution to the problem of being drafted into the military would have been for Lazarus to inflict a minor but disqualifying disability on himself, say by having one of his eyes removed before going back in time; the technology exists in the 43rd century to implant cloned eyes. Granted, Lazarus intends to arrive during the peaceful 1920s, but it seems a good precaution in case Ship!Dora misses the mark, as does happen.
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* MarySue: Mary, meet Lazarus Long. He's immortal and can kick your ass and he's got fiery red hair. This is averted in a later Heinlein novel, ''Literature/TheNumberOfTheBeast'', where both the protagonists and Long's own family find him to be insufferable.
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** In fairness, this is averted in a later Heinlein novel, Literature/TheNumberOfTheBeast, where both the protagonists and Long's own family find him to be insufferable.
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* MarySuetopia: A more downplayed version. Technology has gotten to the point where inhabiting a new planet is as easy as living in a big city, and given that the family did decide to immigrate to the new planet, they do get to settle how they want. It is indeed unrealistically peaceful and efficient, but it did have to take advantage of a whole new planet and technology to make it work.work.
* UnfortunateImplications: Pretty much every woman in the novel (even the one who was a computer when he first met her) considers herself a failure as a woman if she can't bed Lazarus. From an evolutionary standpoint, it could be argued that Lazarus is the fittest male in existence, but women have an almost pathological need to mate with him.
* UnfortunateImplications: Pretty much every woman in the novel (even the one who was a computer when he first met her) considers herself a failure as a woman if she can't bed Lazarus. From an evolutionary standpoint, it could be argued that Lazarus is the fittest male in existence, but women have an almost pathological need to mate with him.
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* MarySuetopia: A more downplayed version. Technology has gotten to the point where inhabiting a new planet is as easy as living in a big city, and given that the family did decide to immigrate to the new planet, they do get to settle how they want. It is indeed unrealistically peaceful and efficient, but it did have to take advtange advantage of a whole new planet and technology to make it work.
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** In fairness, this is averted in a later Heinlein novel, Literature/TheNumberOfTheBeast, where both the protagonists and Long's own family find him to be insufferable.
* MarySuetopia: A more downplayed version. Technology has gotten to the point where inhabiting a new planet is as easy as living in a big city, and given that the family did decide to immigrate to the new planet, they do get to settle how they want. It is indeed unrealistically peaceful and efficient, but it did have to take advtange of a whole new planet and technology to make it work.
* MarySuetopia: A more downplayed version. Technology has gotten to the point where inhabiting a new planet is as easy as living in a big city, and given that the family did decide to immigrate to the new planet, they do get to settle how they want. It is indeed unrealistically peaceful and efficient, but it did have to take advtange of a whole new planet and technology to make it work.
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