false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1218546160m/1061930.jpg 16690 39 Tom Clancy has said of Robert A. Heinlein, "We proceed down the path marked by his ideas. He shows us where the future is." Nowhere is this more true than in Heinlein's gripping tale of revolution on the moon in 2076, where "Loonies" are kept poor and oppressed by an Earth-based Authority that turns huge profits at their expense. A small band of dissidents, including a one-armed computer jock, a radical young woman, a past-his-prime academic and a nearly omnipotent computer named Mike, ignite the fires of revolution despite the near certainty of failure and death. 1048525 1965 The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress total:5706|5:2364|4:2067|3:1055|2:175|1:45| 5706 23648 7374 377 120273 0425430138 9780425430132 81 14 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171822059m/120273.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/120273.The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress 4 8 false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Jul 11 20:17:04 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 13:27:32 -0700 2007
One thing I noticed right ...more...]]> 16690 0340837942 9780340837948 4614 265 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740333m/16690.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16690.The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress 5 7 false Thu Sep 04 14:33:13 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 10:14:14 -0700 2008 16690 0340837942 9780340837948 4614 265 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740333m/16690.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16690.The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress 4 3 false Thu Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 02 08:22:48 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 08:37:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 349 0312863551 9780312863555 770 60 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897088m/349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349.The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress 5 3 false Mon Jul 09 21:57:32 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 10:05:24 -0700 2007 more...]]> 16690 0340837942 9780340837948 4614 265 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740333m/16690.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16690.The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress 5 3 false Wed Oct 15 04:13:02 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 15 04:13:46 -0700 2008
In this case th...more...]]> 16690 0340837942 9780340837948 4614 265 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740333m/16690.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16690.The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress 5 3 false Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Mon Aug 13 13:33:49 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 13:33:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 349 0312863551 9780312863555 770 60 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897088m/349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349.The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress 4 3 false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 09:58:18 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 08:59:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 16690 0340837942 9780340837948 4614 265 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740333m/16690.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16690.The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress 5 1 false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 10:56:49 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 11:04:28 -0800 2009
It is written from the perspective of a citizen of Luna (the penal colony on the Moon) who was born...more...]]> 16690 0340837942 9780340837948 4614 265 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740333m/16690.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16690.The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress 5 1 false Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 14:19:23 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 14:39:46 -0800 2008
1) A radically forward-thinking visionary of libertarianism
2) A raging fascist, homophobe, and misogynist
3) Any point on t...more...]]> 16690 0340837942 9780340837948 4614 265 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740333m/16690.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16690.The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress 4 5 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1973 Thu Nov 20 06:05:52 -0800 2008 Sat May 23 05:38:18 -0700 2009 3 people page! It's interesting!), and I've heard that they often used to chat about AI, science-fiction, and the connections between them. Here's a conversation I imagine them having some time between 1961, when Stranger in a...more...]]> 842984 0450002314 9780450002311 22 1 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178831197m/842984.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/842984.The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress 2 2 false Thu Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 11:25:20 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 04:24:22 -0800 2008
As I mentioned with Asimov, I had been so (stupidly) looking forward to this book, planing to get more of Henlein. I'm not sure how I got the idea he was on ok guy - maybe I confused him with what I'd read by Aldiss, ma...more...]]> 16690 0340837942 9780340837948 4614 265 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740333m/16690.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16690.The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress 4 0 false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 18:24:13 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 18:24:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 16690 0340837942 9780340837948 4614 265 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740333m/16690.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16690.The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress 1 1 false Thu Mar 17 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Dec 19 17:09:08 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 17:10:51 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 349 0312863551 9780312863555 770 60 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156897088m/349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/349.The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress 4 0 false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 19:27:31 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 20:24:06 -0700 2009
In...more...]]> 16690 0340837942 9780340837948 4614 265 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740333m/16690.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16690.The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress 4 0 false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 11:53:43 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 12:04:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 16690 0340837942 9780340837948 4614 265 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740333m/16690.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16690.The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress 4 1 false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 23:01:24 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 23:10:36 -0700 2009 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, largely because Heinlein sure can write but I really disagree with his politics. This novel has a lot of cool things to offer: a sentient computer, revolutionaries on a penal colony, interesting polyamorous family structures. But the messag...more...]]> 16690 0340837942 9780340837948 4614 265 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740333m/16690.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16690.The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress 3 0 false Mon Jul 06 09:32:53 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 09:39:53 -0700 2009
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The story concerns a rebellion on the moon that ultimately gives independence to Lunar residents. The revolution is lead by Manny and his extended family, with the help of...more...]]> 16690 0340837942 9780340837948 4614 265 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740333m/16690.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16690.The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress 3 1 false Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 17:15:05 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 17:49:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 16690 0340837942 9780340837948 4614 265 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740333m/16690.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16690.The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress 2 3 false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 12:06:49 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 13:18:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1061930