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''Time Enough For Love'' is a [[Speculative Fiction]] novel by [[Robert A. Heinlein]], first published in 1973, which fits into his Future History mythology. It is conceptually a sequel to ''[[
Lazarus Long is [[The Older Immortal|the oldest living human being]] by well over a thousand years, thanks to a remarkable genetic heritage and the technology of [[Fountain of Youth|human rejuvenation]]. But even a semi-immortal, ornery coot of a man can [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|grow tired of life]], and it's long been established in a galactic society of extraordinarily long-lived humans that the right to end one's life when one chooses is as sacred as anything gets.
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* [[Author Appeal]]: Since it's a Heinlein book, it's all over the place. Nudism, polyamory, libertarian politics...
* [[Author Avatar]]: Lazarus, in many ways. He's unquestionably an outlet for vast amounts of opining by Heinlein on a variety of subjects.
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* [[Foreshadowing]]: After Lazarus {{spoiler|breaks his [[Masquerade]] to his 1917 family}}, they point out that he doesn't actually need to go through with his enlistment in [[World War One]] -- and specifically, that while he knows the outcome of the war in general, he can't know the outcome of his own participation because it's in his personal future. He assures them that he'll be careful; he's a veteran of countless wars and knows when to duck. Oh, Lazarus -- [[Tempting Fate]] much?
* [[Fountain of Youth]]: Medical rejuvenation therapy, which consists at its simplest level of replacing the body's entire blood supply with cloned blood, and can go as far as cloned replacements of just about everything -- even the brain, with computer support to transfer the memories.
** In what may be an eerie case of prescient writing, medical studies released in May 2014 suggest that blood replacement therapy may actually work for humans. (It works for mice, and appears to hinge on a protein that humans also have in their blood; human tests are scheduled as of this writing.)
* [[Framing Device]]: The [[Scheherezade Gambit]] for Lazarus' memoirs in the first part. In the second part, much of the [[Time Travel]] segment is retold through Lazarus' letters that he writes and sends to his Tertius family via [[The Slow Path|Delay Mail]].
* [[Framing Story]]: The first two thirds of the novel is this for Lazarus' memoirs. The last third is a more traditional sci-fi [[Time Travel]] romp.
* [[Free-Love Future]]: The Howard Families in general seem to have adopted extremely open and liberal attitudes toward sex over the centuries; this is explained as a natural result of their focus on genetic compatibility in procreation above traditional social mores -- make healthy babies and whatever else you do is your business. It's interesting to observe the traditions and taboos that have developed even within this system, particularly the focus on registering all children with the Families' geneticists. Lazarus observes, however, that Howards are very careful to maintain a [[Masquerade]] of conformance to the norms of whatever society they're living in, to avoid drawing attention to themselves.
* [[Fully-Clothed Nudity]]: [[Discussed Trope|Discussed]] by Lazarus with respect to the mores of the 1910s. In particular, he is amazed by how he can be turned on by Maureen's nearly Victorian flirtatiousness despite
* [[Gainax Ending]]: The final chapter is a bit of a [[Mind Screw]], leaving it up to the audience to interpret whether {{spoiler|Lazarus survives}} and what the cryptic final passage means.
* [["Glad to Be Alive" Sex]]: [[Discussed Trope]] by Lazarus in response to Dora, who has just shot a man for the first time and wonders whether she's perverse in feeling horny afterwards. He reassures her that it's perfectly normal.
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