5/30/2023 0 Comments The moon's a harsh mistress book![]() (Truthfully he probably gets into it because he wants to “bundle” with Wyoming, and he knows the Prof.) He is a self-described apolitical, like, he tells us, most Loonies. Manuel isn’t actually all that interested in revolting, at least not at first. And along with an old exiled professor and a political firebrand from Hong Kong Luna called Wyoming, Mike and Manuel plan and launch a revolution against the Terran-controlled Lunar Authority that runs their lives. He’s also the only person, Loonie or Terran, who knows that the central lunar computer is sentient. ![]() He was born on Luna to transported parents. Manuel/Manny/Man O’Kelly-Davis is a computer repair technician. ![]() This is an idea that has been explored repeatedly since this novel was published, but those stories almost all owe a debt to this one. Robert Heinlein manages to take the idea of a penal colony on the moon and turn it into a romantic story of political revolution. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is an emblem of political science fiction. It didn’t take me long to understand why this book received such acclaim and is still regarded as a classic. ![]()
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