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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Lib/E
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Lib/E Compact disc - 2000

by Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Lloyd James

From the publisher

Revolution is brewing on twenty-first-century Luna, a moon-based penal colony where oppressed "Loonies" are being exploited by a harsh Authority that controls it from Earth. Against all odds, a ragtag collection of dissidents has banded together in revolt, including a young female radical, an elderly academic, a one-armed computer jock, and a nearly omnipotent supercomputer named Mike, whose sentience is known only to this inner circle and who is committed to the revolution for reasons of his own.

Drawing many historical parallels with the War of Independence, Heinlein's fourth Hugo Award-winning novel is a gripping tale bursting with politics, humanity, passion, innovative technical speculation, and a firm belief in the pursuit of human freedom.

Robert A. Heinlein was the most influential science fiction writer of his era, winning the Hugo Award for best novel a record four times. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress was the last of these Hugo-winning novels and is widely considered his finest work.

From the rear cover

Winner of the 1967 Hugo award, this novel marked Heinlein's partial return to his best form. He draws many historical parallels with the War of Independence, and clearly shows his own libertarian political views.

In what is considered one of his most hair-raising, thought-provoking and outrageous adventures, the master of modern SF tells the strange story of an even stranger world -- 21st century Luna, a harsh penal colony where a revolt is plotted between a bashful computer and a ragtag collection of maverick humans. A revolt that goes beautifully until the inevitable happens. But the problem with the inevitable is that it always happens.

Details

  • Title The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Lib/E
  • Author Robert A. Heinlein; Read by Lloyd James
  • Binding Compact Disc
  • Edition Unabridged libra
  • Pages 12
  • Volumes 12
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Blackstone Publishing, Ashland, OR
  • Date May 2000
  • Features Unabridged
  • ISBN 9780786198856 / 0786198850
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.41 x 6.5 x 1.17 in (16.28 x 16.51 x 2.97 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Imaginary wars and battles
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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