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Methuselah's children

by Robert A. Heinlein

In a future United States that has achieved absolute liberty after the collapse of a religious dictatorship, the nation's hard-won freedom and values are challenged by the promise of immortality.

Accession 15572 ISBN — Publisher Pan
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