It is the late 21st Century and the Moon has been colonized -- as a giant, open, prison. Every aspect of life is overseen by the Federated Nations "Lunar Authority"; until one day when a self-aware Super-Computer, a Jack of all Trades Technician, an Anarchist Professor, and a beautiful Blonde …
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It is the late 21st Century and the Moon has been colonized -- as a giant, open, prison. Every aspect of life is overseen by the Federated Nations "Lunar Authority"; until one day when a self-aware Super-Computer, a Jack of all Trades Technician, an Anarchist Professor, and a beautiful Blonde Revolutionary decide to change their world. The conspirators' plans go along beautifully...for a while.
TANSTAAFL! There ain't no such thing as a free lunch! Robert A. Heinlein was the most influential science fiction writer of his era, an influence so large that, as Samuel R. Delany notes, "modern critics attempting to wrestle with that influence feel themselves dealing with an object rather like the sky or an ocean." He won the Hugo Award for best novel four times, a record that still stands. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress was the last of these Hugo-winning novels, and it is widely considered his finest work. It is a tale of revolution, of the rebellion of the former Lunar penal colony against the Lunar Authority that controls it from Earth. It is the tale of the disparate people -- a computer technician, a vigorous young female agitator, and an elderly academic -- who become the rebel movement's leaders. And it is the story of Mike, the supercomputer whose sentience is known only to this inner circle, and who for reasons of his own is committed to the revolution's ultimate success. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is one of the high points of modern science fiction, a novel bursting with politics, humanity, passion, innovative technical speculation, and a firm belief in the pursuit of human freedom. - Back cover.
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The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
Paperback, 382 pages
English language
Published 1997 by Orb.
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Paperback, 383 pages
Published by Putnam Pub Group.
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Der Mond ist eine herbe Geliebte
Paperback, 360 pages
German language
Published Jan. 1, 1994 by Bastei Lübbe.
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Paperback, 288 pages
Published March 14, 2005 by Hodder & Stoughton Paperbacks.
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Hardcover, 384 pages
Published by Gollancz, Orion Publishing Group, Limited.
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La Luna es una cruel amante
Hardcover, 463 pages
Spanish language
Published 1975 by Acervo.
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Paperback, 400 pages
Published by Ace.
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The moon is a harsh mistress
382 pages
English language
Published 1996 by Tor.
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- 34024563
Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
Paperback
Published by Hodder Paperbacks.
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The moon is a harsh mistress
302 pages
English language
Published 1987 by Ace Books.
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Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
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Published by Hodder Paperbacks.
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
English language
Published by Berkley.
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