An edition of The moon is a harsh mistress (1965)

La luna es una cruel amante

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An edition of The moon is a harsh mistress (1965)

La luna es una cruel amante

  • 4.0 (75 ratings) ·
  • 273 Want to read
  • 8 Currently reading
  • 95 Have read

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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Cover of: Révolte sur la lune
Révolte sur la lune
2016, Livre de Poche
in French
Cover of: La luna es una cruel amante
La luna es una cruel amante
2009, La Factoría de Ideas
in Spanish
Cover of: The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
1997, Orb
Paperback in English - 1st Orb ed.
Cover of: The moon is a harsh mistress
The moon is a harsh mistress
1996, Tor
in English - 1st Tor ed.
Cover of: The moon is a harsh mistress
The moon is a harsh mistress
1987, Ace Books
in English
Cover of: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
1968, G. P. Putnam's Sons
in English
Cover of: The moon is a harsh mistress
The moon is a harsh mistress
1966, Tor
in English
Cover of: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
1966, G. P. Putnam's Sons
paperback in English

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Translation Of
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Translated From
English

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OL26810018M
Internet Archive
lalunaesunacruel0000robe
ISBN 13
9788498005035

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