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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
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Xan  Shadowflutter
This is just a silly story about an anarchist revolution without any real exploration of the issues. Also, the characters are cardboard lacking any depth. There is an opening scene where our hero's life is saved from laser firing police (more cardboard characters) by a very close friend. The friend loses his life doing so. You would think our hero would express remorse or regret or even guilt. Nope. Not in this book. Finally the bad guys -- the government -- are all stupid, while the good guys - ...more
Zuzana
Feb 06, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
A study in revolution. Interesting read. In the end I didn't care whether the main characters live or die. ...more
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