To sail beyond the sunset : the lives and loves of Maureen Johnson (being the memoirs of a somewhat irregular lady)

The millions of fans of Lazarus Long--probably Heinlein's most beloved character--will flock to this new tale, which continues adventures of the characters of The Cat Who Walked Through Walls. From the author of Stranger in a Strange Land and Time Enough for Love. Review ''Exuberant and spirited . . . unquestionably one of the major, defining works of Robert A. Heinlein's long and successful career.'' -- San Jose Mercury News ''A tour de force . . . In a strange and moving way, To Sail beyond the Sunset may be the finest work in the dean's lengthy career!'' -- Kansas City Star ''Absorbing and involving!'' -- Kirkus Reviews ''A family reunion for Heinlein's characters . . . a well-attended gathering.'' -- Houston Post About the Author Robert Anson Heinlein was born in Missouri in 1907, and was raised there. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1929, but was forced by illness to retire from the Navy in 1934. He settled in California and over the next five years held a variety of jobs while doing post-graduate work in mathematics and physics at the University of California. In 1939 he sold his first science fiction story to Astounding magazine and soon devoted himself to the genre. He was a four-time winner of the Hugo Award for his novels Stranger in a Strange Land (1961), Starship Troopers (1959), Double Star (1956), and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1966). His Future History series, incorporating both short stories and novels, was first mapped out in 1941. The series charts the social, political, and technological changes shaping human society from the present through several centuries into the future. Robert A. Heinlein's books were among the first works of science fiction to reach bestseller status in both hardcover and paperback. he continued to work into his eighties, and his work never ceased to amaze, to entertain, and to generate controversy. By the time hed died, in 1988, it was evident that he was one of the formative talents of science fiction: a writer whose unique vision, unflagging energy, and persistence, over the course of five decades, made a great impact on the American mind. The Autobiography Of Maureen Johnson, The Mother Of Lazarus Long And Also Eventually His Wife And Perhaps His Daughter As Well. 1: Committee For Aesthetic Deletions -- 2: Garden Of Eden -- 3: Serpent In The Garden -- 4: Worm In The Apple -- 5: Exit From Eden -- 6: When Johnny Comes Marching Home -- 7: Ringing The Cash Register -- 8: Seacoast Bohemia -- 9: Dollars And Sense -- 10: Random Numbers -- 11: Dude In A Derby -- 12: Hang The Kaiser! -- 13: Over There! -- 14: Black Tuesday -- 15: Torrid Twenties, Threadbare Thirties -- 16: Frantic Forties -- 17: Starting Over -- 18: Bachelorhood -- 19: Cats And Children -- 20: Soothsayer -- 21: Serpent's Tooth -- 22: Better-dead List -- 23: Adventures Of Prudence Penny -- 24: Decline And Fall -- 25: Rebirth In Boondock -- 26: Pixel To The Rescue -- 27: At The Coventry Cusp -- 28: Eternal Now -- Appendix: People In This Memoir. Robert A. Heinlein. An Ace/putnam Book. Maureen Johnson, the somewhat irregular mother of Lazarus Long, wakes up in bed with a man and a cat. The cat is Pixel, well-known to fans of the New York Times bestseller The Cat Who Walks through Walls. The man is a stranger to her, and besides that, he is dead . . .So begins Robert A. Heinlein's newest novel, To Sail Beyond the Sunset. Filled with the master's most beloved characters, this compelling work broadens and enriches his epic visions of time and space, life and death, love and desire. It is also an autobiographical masterpiece--and a wondrous return to the alternate universes that all Heinlein fans have come to know and love... SciFi - Subtitled "The Life and Loves of Maureen Johnson (Being the Memoirs of a Somewhat Irregular Lady)". Maureen Johnson is the mother of Woodrow Wilson Smith/Lazarus Long/Theodore Bronson. This memoir takes sexually active Maureen from her childhood in the 1880s to her rescue 100 years later and on to her rejuvenation and activity as a time traveler.