num_pages: 1
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
titlecomplete: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
characters: Professor Bernardo de la Paz, Wyoming "Wyoh" Knott, Manuel Garcia "Mannie" O'Kelly-Davis, Stuart Rene "Stu" LaJoie, Adam Selene, HOLMES IV
genres: Fiction, Classics, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Politics, Space, Fantasy, Novels, Hugo Awards, Audiobook
ratings_count: 127741
places: Luna
awards: awardedAt: -94665600000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: -126201600000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks