The Free Lunch
The Free Lunch is a 2001 novel by Spider Robinson.
The title is a reference to the adage" There ai n't no such thing as a free lunch", popularized by science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein in his 1966 novel" The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress".
Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Layne Webb (born August 15, 1946) is an American songwriter, composer, and singer.
He has written numerous platinum-selling songs, including "Up, Up and AwayBy
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HappenAll I Know", and "MacArthur Park".
He has had successful collaborations with Glen Campbell, Michael Feinstein, Linda Ronstadt, The 5th Dimension, Art Garfunkel, and Richard Harris.
Webb was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1990.
He received the National Academy of Songwriters Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993, the Songwriters Hall of Fame Johnny Mercer Award in 2003, the ASCAP "Voice of Music" Award in 2006, and the Ivor Novello Special International Award in 2012.
According to BMI, his song "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" was the third most performed song in the fifty years between 1940 and 1990.
Webb is the only artist ever to have received Grammy Awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration.
Variation (astronomy)
In astronomy, the variation of the Moon is one of the principal perturbations in the motion of the Moon.
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (song)
"The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" (sometimes titled as "The Moon's a Harsh Mistress") is a song by American songwriter Jimmy Webb.
It has become a much-recorded standard, without ever having charted as a single.
Webb appropriated the title from the 1966 science fiction novel "
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" by Robert A. Heinlein.
The song is especially associated with Glen Campbell, who performed the song on his farewell tour, Judy Collins, Linda Ronstadt, and Joe Cocker, who first recorded the song in 1974.
The song is commonly presented in the key of G (to B♭).
The song structure consists of three seven-line verses and a two-line coda.
The first two verses have a rhyme scheme of AABACDC.
The third verse modulates three half steps (from G to B♭), with the rhyme scheme altered to ABABCDC, and the coda repeating the DC.
The time signature of the song is common time with the lines introduced between the second and third beat.
In a 2009 interview with Lisa Torem for "Penny Black Music", Jimmy Webb talked about the influence of Robert Heinlein and the song's title:
Since Joe Cocker's first recording of the song in 1974, "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" has been recorded by a variety of artists, from traditional renditions by female singers such as Judy Collins, Linda Ronstadt, and Joan Baez, to versions by male singers such as Glen Campbell, and Michael Feinstein.
Webb recorded the song three times, in 1977 for his "El Mirage" album, again in 1996 for his "Ten Easy Pieces" album and
finally in 2012 in a Duet with Joe Cocker for his 2013 album "Still Within the Sound of My Voice".
The song has attracted a wide range of artists, including the Norwegian singer Radka Toneff, who recorded the song on her 1982 album "Fairytales", which in a 2011 poll of Norwegian musicians was voted the best Norwegian album ever.
Various instrumental versions have also been recorded, including the 1997 version by Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny on the album "Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories)", which won a Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group.
Dallos
The storyline focuses on a rebellion on a Moon colony by settlers and a mysterious artifact called Dallos.
The story and setting take influence by past works such as the 1966 feature film" The Battle of Algiers" and the 1966 novel" The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress".
Harsh Mistress
Harsh Mistress may refer to:
Mansions on the Moon
Mansions on the Moon is a band from Los Angeles, California.
Takeo Hatanaka
The crater Hatanaka on the Moon is named after him.
Near side of the Moon
The near side of the Moon is the lunar hemisphere that is permanently turned towards Earth, whereas the opposite side is the far side.
Only one side of the Moon is visible from Earth because the Moon rotates on its axis at the same rate that the Moon orbits the Earth – a situation known as synchronous rotation, or tidal locking.
The Moon is directly illuminated by the Sun, and the cyclically varying viewing conditions cause the lunar phases.
Sometimes the dark portion of the Moon is faintly visible due to earthshine, which is indirect sunlight reflected from the surface of Earth and onto the Moon.
Since the Moon's orbit is both somewhat elliptical and inclined to its equatorial plane, libration allows up to 59% of the Moon's surface to be viewed from Earth( though only half at any moment from any point).
Asada Goryu
The crater Asada on the Moon is named after him.

Question: When is the composer of song The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress (Song) 's birthday?
Answer: August 15, 1946