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Family groups are living for hundreds of years thanks to the Howard Foundation. Read by Paul Birchard.
Set up in the late 19th century, the aim of the Howard Foundation is to prolong human life
Selective breeding via financial encouragement has led to groups of people living for hundreds of years...
Robert Heinlein's sci-fi story first appeared as an expanded full-length novel in 1958.
Abridged in six parts by Bert Coules.
Read by Paul Birchard
Produced at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Scotland by Bruce Young.
Made for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ 7 and first broadcast in July 2007.
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