# The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

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- Book: [The Moon is a Harsh Mistress](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-heinlein/the-moon-is-a-harsh-mistress) ([The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-heinlein/the-moon-is-a-harsh-mistress.md))
- Authors: [Robert Heinlein](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-heinlein)
- Publisher: Gollancz
- ISBN: 978-05-7508-241-0
- Published: 2008-12-11
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

Luna is an open penal colony and the regime is a harsh one. Not surprisingly, revolution against the hated authority is planned. But the key figures in the revolt are an unlikely crew: Manuel Garcia O'Kelly, an engaging jack of all trades, the beautiful Wyoming Knott - and Mike, a lonely computer who likes to make up jokes ...