The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (English, Hardcover, Heinlein Robert A.)
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (English, Hardcover, Heinlein Robert A.)
- Language: English
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
- Genre: Fiction
- ISBN: 9780575082410, 9780575082410
- Edition: 2009
- Pages: 384
'The best book Robert A. Heinlein ever wrote' F&FS
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...
About the Author
Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) was educated at the University of Missouri and the US Naval Academy, Annapolis. He served as a naval officer for five years but retired in 1934 due to ill health. He then studied physics at UCLA before beginning to publish sf with 'Lifeline' for Astounding Science Fiction in 1939. Among his many novels are The Door into Summer, Double Star, Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
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A Tour de Force. Highly Recommended
The book is set in the future where the Moon has been colonized as a slave colony, under the grip of the governments of the Earth. It follows the fates of four unlikely heroes who incite a rebellion among the colonists and the outcome of the revolution against a powerful adversary. However, Heinlein weaves a magical world arou...
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