Methuselah's Children Free Audiobook Download by Robert A. Heinlein


The novel takes place on the spaceship "Methuselah" carrying 11,000 people from Earth to the planet which will be their new home. As they are traveling, the ship is taken over by a violent mob who kill all of the crew and passengers except for 5 men. The only women aboard are forced into marriage with any male who can defeat them in combat. The 5 survivors decide that they must preserve themselves and their culture by finding a way to start over on their new world.

Methuselah's Children is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, first published in 1961. The book is about a group of people who have been genetically enhanced to live thousands of years and their descendants. It explores themes such as the future nature of humanity, the origins and implications of civilization, and the future itself.

Methuselah's Children is set in the 22nd century. The world has changed significantly, and the story depicts an American frontier society struggling to survive as it is overrun by a new society from the east that is technologically superior to them.

Robert A. Heinlein's classic science fiction novel is a post-apocalyptic tale of humanity's survival in the far future. In this story, a group of humans have survived for thousands of years, along with some "aliens" and clones created by advanced technology. The narrator is one of these people, who was cloned as an infant to replace a first generation child that died at birth. Even though his memories and personality are artificial, he has a strong connection to his past life and the world he grew up in.

The old man's children were in trouble, just as he had known they would be. Ages ago he had embarked on a plan to reduce the world's population by one third, but now that the grandchildren of these people owed their lives to him and his friends in the future, they thought they could convince him to change his mind and let them exist after all.

There is a moment of intimacy when the reader finds themselves in the narrator's head. It is at this point that the narration becomes more than just words on paper, and becomes a type of virtual reality where one can travel through mind and feelings to experience what the character experiences

Published Date 2012-07-24
Duration 7 hours 21 minutes
Author Robert A. Heinlein
Narrated MacLeod Andrews
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Abridged No
Is It Free? 30-days Free
Category Science Fiction & Fantasy
Parent Category Science Fiction

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