The moon is a harsh mistress
(Book)
Published
New York : Orb, 1997.
Edition
1st Orb ed.
ISBN
0312863551, 9780312863555 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Desc
382 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy (3rd floor)
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Published
New York : Orb, 1997.
Format
Book
Edition
1st Orb ed.
Language
English
ISBN
0312863551, 9780312863555 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes
General Note
"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
General Note
Copyright date: 1966.
General Note
Originally published: New York : Putnam, 1966.
General Note
"A short version of this novel appeared in The Worlds of If magazine.
Description
It is a tale of revolution, of the rebellion of a former penal colony on the Moon against its masters on the Earth. It is a tale of a culture whose family structures are based on the presence of two men for every woman, leading to novel forms of marriage and family. It is the story of the disparate people-a computer technician, a vigorous young female agitator, and an elderly academic-who become the movement's leaders, and of Mike, the supercomputer whose sentience is known only to the revolt's inner circle, who for reasons of his own is committed to the revolution's ultimate success. It is one of the high points of modern science fiction, a novel bursting with invention, with a natural-seeming future dialect, with familial warmth and human passion, with insight into artificial intelligence and grass-roots politics and the problems of human freedom and the overweeing State. It is a great political novel and a great survey of the human prospect. It is an outstanding novelist's most outstanding work.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Heinlein, R. A. 1. (1997). The moon is a harsh mistress (1st Orb ed.). Orb.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Heinlein, Robert A. 1907-1988. 1997. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. Orb.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Heinlein, Robert A. 1907-1988. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Orb, 1997.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Heinlein, Robert A. 1907-1988. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress 1st Orb ed., Orb, 1997.
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