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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
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Jim
Apr 16, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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This is a classic SF story of the moon fighting for its independence from Earth, with a lot of parallels to the American Revolution. Heinlein has a political conversation with himself here, definitely coming down on the side of Libertarianism, but also acknowledges & points out the holes in his arguments himself. I've read some rants about Heinlein pushing his politics & I disagree with them. I think he's doing more questioning than pushing & that leads to some fun with the characters, especiall ...more
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