Name: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Rating: 3.924657534246575 (73 reviews)
ISBN: 9780340837948

Robert A. Heinlein

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Robert Anson Heinlein

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2075. The moon is populated with current and former convicts and their descendants, as a return to Terra is impossible due to the difference in gravity. In addition, the moon's inhabitants are forced to grow crops for the overpopulated Earth and sell them at set prices that are barely enough to survive.

This is the setting of Robert A. Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, a wonderfully sophisticated, political and moral science fiction story. Especially in the context of its 1966 release, it seems ahead of its time, with, among other things, an Artificial Intelligence at its center as the cause of the revolt, that bears frightening resemblances to Alexa/Siri/etc. 

There are a few lengths in between, the ending is rather sudden, and the first-person narrator isn't always an advantage, but I still felt well entertained, so it certainly doesn't stop at the one-time rendezvous with Heinlein.

Nick Bicko

2075. The moon is populated with current and former convicts and their descendants, as a return to Terra is impossible due to the difference in gravity. In addition, the moon's inhabitants are forced to grow crops for the overpopulated Earth and sell them at set prices that are barely enough to survive.

This is the setting of Robert A. Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, a wonderfully sophisticated, political and moral science fiction story. Especially in the context of its 1966 release, it seems ahead of its time, with, among other things, an Artificial Intelligence at its center as the cause of the revolt, that bears frightening resemblances to Alexa/Siri/etc. 

There are a few lengths in between, the ending is rather sudden, and the first-person narrator isn't always an advantage, but I still felt well entertained, so it certainly doesn't stop at the one-time rendezvous with Heinlein.

This is my second time reading it.  Just as good the second time around.  The dialect choices really help put you right in the action.

Christina Elizabeth Croxell

Ben Nathan

sentient computer with a sense of humor organizes a revolution... yes, please. can't suggest this highly enough. brilliant, fun, sets the tone for so much of the next 60 years of science fiction... plus it's oddly feminist at times in an awesome way

Travis Mills

Jesse White

Luna is an open penal colony and the regime is a harsh one. Not surprisingly, revolution against the hated authority is planned. But the key figures in the revolt are an unlikely crew: Manuel Garcia O¿Kelly, an engaging jack of all trades, the beautiful Wyoming Knott - and Mike, a lonely computer who likes to make up jokes...

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

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