The Notebooks of Lazarus Long

The Notebooks of Lazarus Long
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Author	Robert A. Heinlein
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Ace Books
Publication date	1978
Media type	Paperback
ISBN	0399122427
OCLC	460182188

The Notebooks of Lazarus Long is a 1978 collection of aphorisms by Robert Heinlein's main character, "Lazarus Long", excerpted from his 1973 novel Time Enough for Love.^[1] The aphorisms were originally published as two "intermission" sections in the novel.

In the context of the novel, the quotes were selected from Long's much longer memoirs (which make up a significant portion of the novel). Some of the quotes are humorous or ironic, some philosophical, and some merely quirky. They range in length from one sentence to multiple paragraphs. For example:

Always store beer in a cold, dark place.
Cheops' Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget.
Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear shoes, bathe, and not make messes in the house.
Rub her feet.
If the universe has any purpose more important than topping a woman you love and making a baby with her hearty help, I have never heard of it.
Never try to teach a pig to sing – it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

In 1978, these "notebooks" were published as a stand-alone work, with some quotes illuminated by D. F. Vassallo (similar to medieval scripture). More excerpts were published in 1988.^[2]

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References

^ Heinlein, Robert A. (June 1973). Time Enough for Love. G. P. Putnam's Sons. ISBN 0-399-11151-4. OCLC 639653.
^ Heinlein, Robert A. (Winter 1988). Baen, Jim (ed.). "Excerpts from the notebooks of Lazarus Long". New Destinies. Vol. VI: Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Issue.

External links

The Notebooks of Lazarus Long title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

v t e Robert A. Heinlein's Future History
Collections	The Man Who Sold the Moon (1950) The Green Hills of Earth (1951) Revolt in 2100 (1953) Orphans of the Sky (1963) The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
Novels	Methuselah's Children (1958) The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966) Time Enough for Love (1973) The Number of the Beast (1980) The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985) To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987) The Pursuit of the Pankera (2020)
Short stories	"Life-Line" "Let There Be Light" "The Roads Must Roll" "Blowups Happen" "The Man Who Sold the Moon" "Delilah and the Space Rigger" "Space Jockey" "Requiem" "The Long Watch" "Gentlemen, Be Seated!" "The Black Pits of Luna" "It's Great to Be Back!" "—We Also Walk Dogs" "Searchlight" "Ordeal in Space" "The Green Hills of Earth" "Logic of Empire" "The Menace from Earth" "'If This Goes On—'" "Coventry" "Misfit" "Universe" "Common Sense"
Characters	Lazarus Long The Notebooks of Lazarus Long Delos D. Harriman Jubal Harshaw Competent man Maureen Johnson Andrew Jackson Libby Hazel Stone
Related	The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein (1966) Expanded Universe (1980)

Robert A. Heinlein

Bibliography

Future History

The Man Who Sold the Moon (1950) The Green Hills of Earth (1951) Revolt in 2100 (1953) Methuselah's Children (1958) Orphans of the Sky (1963) The Past Through Tomorrow (1967) Time Enough for Love (1973) The Notebooks of Lazarus Long (1978)
World as Myth	The Number of the Beast (1980) The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985) To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987) The Pursuit of the Pankera (2020)