Product Description

On Luna, an open penal colony, a rebellion is being plotted. The conspirators are a strange assortment - an engaging jack-of-all-trades, his luscious blonde girlfriend, and a lonely talking computer. Their aim is to overthrow the hated Authority, but things don't go according to plan.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #577595 in Books
• Published on: 1987-09-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

From Amazon.com
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.

From AudioFile
Here's an audio handbook on running a revolution. The year is 2075. The moon has long been Earth's penal colony, but now her inhabitants throw off the chains of oppression and struggle to establish the Free Lunar State. George Wilson's low-key narration rarely falters, even when dealing with the polyglot "loonie" speech, which is liberally sprinkled with Russian words. There are several main characters, including Mike, the super-computer, and scores of minor roles. Wilson gives each a distinct and recognizable voice. Manuel, the novel's narrator, is a cool character; Wilson carefully maintains Manuel's detachment in the reading. Even the love scene is understated and, as a result of the disciplined presentation, the listener becomes increasingly engaged in this unique book. L.R.S. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Ingram
The Hugo Award-winning classic that helped launch modern libertarianism, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is Heinlein's unforgettable tale of a Lunar revolution in 2076. Led by a one-armed computer technician, a radical blonde bombshell, an aging academic, and a sentient, all-knowing computer, the revolution's proclamation--"TANSTAAFL" (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch)--remains a slogan of the libertarian movement today.