>I think reading Lazarus Long as a simple wish-fulfillment projection of the author is overtly simplistic. I agree. I think Heinlein just really tried to write

>I think reading Lazarus Long as a simple wish-fulfillment projection of the author is overtly simplistic. I agree. I think Heinlein just really tried to write from the point of view of the character. When Lazarus Long was the pov character, he seemed super human. But when seen from the pov of other characters, his negative traits were much more apparent.