The principal characters prepare to survive Earth gravity should a trip down be needed.
The Revolution goes forward, optimizing its organization for security and communication, and Mike develops personality, becoming Adam Selene for Party matters and Simon Jester for political satire. To replace the slain police thugs, Terra dispatches "Peace Dragoons," who hate being sent and fear Loonies more than the Loonies fear them. Knott, a wanted fugitive, hides out at the Davis farm and is drawn into its line marriage. Luna must fight Terra as David does Goliath, hurling rocks. There is a need for urgency because Mike sees famine by 2082. After the melee, Davis, Knott, and Prof bring Mike into the conspiracy, form an "Emergency Committee of Free Luna," and begin organizing subcells. Davis attends a political rally, meets beautiful activist Wyoh Knott and his old "Prof." Police sent to arrest the attendees are slain. Luna Authority, however, continues to exploit them as slaves.
Mannie Davis, a computer technician, services Mike, a self-aware computer which controls most vital aspects of Luna, once an inescapable penal colony, but in 2075 home to 3 million free people. Back cover.The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress shows Lunar colonists rising up against Terran oppression and achieving a David and Goliath victory. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is one of the high points of modern science fiction, a novel bursting with politics, humanity, passion, innovative technical speculation, and a firm belief in the pursuit of human freedom. And it is the story of Mike, the supercomputer whose sentience is known only to this inner circle, and who for reasons of his own is committed to the revolution's ultimate success. It is the tale of the disparate people - a computer technician, a vigorous young female agitator, and an elderly academic - who become the rebel movement's leaders. It is a tale of revolution, of the rebellion of the former Lunar penal colony against the Lunar Authority that controls it from Earth. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress was the last of these Hugo-winning novels, and it is widely considered his finest work. Delany notes, "modern critics attempting to wrestle with that influence feel themselves dealing with an object rather like the sky or an ocean." He won the Hugo Award for best novel four times, a record that still stands. Heinlein was the most influential science fiction writer of his era, an influence so large that, as Samuel R. TANSTAAFL! There ain't no such thing as a free lunch! Robert A. The conspirators' plans go along beautifully.for a while. Every aspect of life is overseen by the Federated Nations "Lunar Authority" until one day when a self-aware Super-Computer, a Jack of all Trades Technician, an Anarchist Professor, and a beautiful Blonde Revolutionary decide to change their world. It is the late 21st Century and the Moon has been colonized - as a giant, open, prison.
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