The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert A. Heinlein
- First Published: 1965
- Type of Plot: Science fiction
- Time of Work: 2075
- Setting: The Lunar colonies and Earth
- Principal Characters: Mike, Manuel (Mannie) Garcia O’Kelly, Professor (Prof) Bernardo de la Paz, Wyoming (Wyoh) Knott, Stuart (Stu) Rene LaJoie
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Freedom
- Locales: Space
The Novel
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is the story of the revolt of the Lunar colonists, or Loonies, as they call themselves, against the Federated Nations of Terra, as told in a flashback by Mannie O’Kelly, one of the leaders of the rebellion. By 2075, Earth has established permanent settlements on the Moon and uses them as penal colonies for criminals, political prisoners, and assorted misfits from various nations. The original inhabitants and their descendants live underground in vast warrens away from the unshielded solar radiation on the Moon’s surface. As in...
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