The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
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On a harsh lunar penal colony, life is shaped by scarcity, surveillance, and the distant authority of Earth—until resentment hardens into revolution. When a small circle of unlikely allies—an unassuming computer technician, a passionate young agitator, and a sharp-minded scholar—uncovers the power of a secret, sentient supercomputer, they begin to challenge the colony’s political order from within. As their plans collide with the colony’s rigid social structure and the practical realities of survival, the uprising grows from whispered strategy into a bold campaign for self-determination. With Heinlein’s signature blend of hard-edged political thinking, social commentary, and fast-moving adventure, this classic science fiction novel explores freedom, governance, and the uneasy relationship between technology and human will—without ever losing momentum toward its electrifying endgame.
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paperback
Hodder & Stoughton Paperbacks
Published Mar 14, 2005
288 pages
ISBN: 9780340837948
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First Published
1966
Language
eng
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