Editing Lazarus Long (section)

== ''Time Enough for Love'' ==
At the beginning of this book, Lazarus has grown weary of life and decides to die. He returns to Secundus, where a standing order is in place to notify the Chairman Pro Tempore of the Howard Families if he came on world. He is located and, without his [[informed consent|consent]], subjected to rejuvenation at the behest of his descendant Ira Weatheral, Chairman ''Pro Tempore'' of the Howard Families, who believes that the society and culture of Secundus are in death throes, and wishes to lead the Families to a new planet named Tertius, having had Lazarus advise him in doing so. Lazarus later agrees, promising to commit [[suicide]] if Ira does not meet his demands, and in exchange, Ira orders a search to find Lazarus a new amusement. This search, using a "[[Morphological box|Zwicky box]]", is performed by an [[artificial intelligence]] named Minerva, who handles most of the computerized functions of the planetary government, is in love with Ira, and becomes friends with Lazarus. Meanwhile, the latter's rejuvenator, named [[Ishtar]], and Ira's daughter, named [[Hamadryad]], both give birth to female clones of him, their [[Y chromosome]] being replaced by an identical copy of the [[X chromosome]], producing "daughters" named Lapis Lazuli and Lorelei Lee. Lazarus' advice to Ira appears alternately as [[proverb]]s and as stories.

Lazarus assists Ira in the migration to Tertius, settles the latter, and attempts a trans-temporal journey to Earth, around 1919–1929, but mistakenly arrives in 1916, there to insinuate himself into his parents' family under the name of "Ted Bronson", whom his grandfather Ira suspects to be an illegitimate nephew or son of his own. Lazarus also discovers, to his surprise and (initial) shame, a sexual desire of his own mother, [[Maureen Johnson (Heinlein character)|Maureen]]. When his family learns that he has no plans to join the [[army]] in [[World War I]], they spurn him, prompting him to enlist. His genetic father, Brian Smith, an officer, makes arrangements for him to go overseas, thinking that he is doing "Ted" a favor.

Before deployment, Lazarus again visits his family, whereupon he learns that Maureen is as attracted to him as he is to her. She explains that her husband does not insist on [[fidelity]], although she is careful not to become pregnant by any man but Brian, and being newly pregnant, consummates her attraction to Lazarus. Overseas, Lazarus is seriously wounded in combat, but is rescued by his Tertian household.