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Rent The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
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Format: Quality Paperback, Unabridged-MP3, Unabridged-CD
Publisher: Ace Books
Published: Jun 1997
Genre: Fiction - General
Retail Price: $18.00
Pages: 400
Synopsis
For fans of Artemis—the visionary tour de force from “one of the grand masters of science fiction” (The Wall Street Journal).\r\n\r\nWidely acknowledged as one of Robert A. Heinlein\'s greatest works, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress rose from the golden age of science fiction to become an undisputed classic—and a touchstone for the philosophy of personal responsibility and political freedom. A revolution on a lunar penal colony—aided by a self-aware supercomputer—provides the framework for a story of a diverse group of men and women grappling with the ever-changing definitions of humanity, technology, and free will—themes that resonate just as strongly today as they did when the novel was first published.\r\n\r\nThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress gives readers an extraordinary, thought-provoking glimpse into the mind of Robert A. Heinlein, who, even now, “shows us where the future is” (Tom Clancy).
Reviews
Moon is Harsh is a fascinating look back 40 years at the ***umptions of technological progress and social change that existed as the Viet Nam war was ending so disgust and contempt for government was growing towards the attitudes widely held today. Heinlein was a hard core libertarian and that really comes through here. But aside from the revealing sentiments of his characters, Heinlein has constructed a fun, suspensful action story. Lloyd James does a competitent if uninspired job of reading the story and providing most of the characters with distinct and appropriate voices.