The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

by Heinlein, Robert a

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is a 1966 science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, about a lunar colony's revolt against rule from Earth. The novel expresses and discusses libertarian ideals in a speculative context. Originally serialized in Worlds of If (December 1965, January, February, March, April 1966), the book received the Hugo Award for best science fiction novel in 1967, and was nominated the Nebula Award in 1966.

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by Heinlein, Robert A.

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New York: Berkley Medallion / G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1968. Very good.. First printing of the first US paperback edition of the Hugo Award-winning futuristic political fable, in which a lunar colony revolts through the beneficent assistance of a powerful computer that develops AI. Nicknamed "Mike" (a reference to Sherlock Holmes's more intelligent brother, Mycroft), the supercomputer guides Luna… Read more about this item
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1966. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed twice by Robert A. Heinlein, once on the title page and again with an inscription on the front free endpaper to polymath, researcher and science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle and his wife Roberta; from Pournelle's personal library. Bound in publisher's original… Read more about this item
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1966. First edition. First edition, first printing. 383 pp. Bound in publisher's orange cloth boards stamped in gilt. Fine with bright, clean text in a very Near Fine dust jacket with trivial wear at head and tail, thin line of rubbing to front gutter and faint crease along bottom of front panel that… Read more about this item
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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress: SF Masterworks

by Heinlein, Robert A.

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Gollancz, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean very carefully read copy. This copy has some light tanning to the edges of the text block which is pretty normal for most UK editions. Rated by some his greatest novel. .
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by Heinlein, Robert A. (Anson)

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1968
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USA: Berkley Medallion Book., 1968. Book. Illus. by Painted Cover Art!. Near Fine.. Soft cover. 11th Edition By Publisher.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 302 pages. Hugo Award-winning futuristic political fable; Goodreads; It is a tale of revolution, of the rebellion of a former penal colony on the Moon against its masters on the Earth. It… Read more about this item
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