Shocked, Wyoh and Prof opt to start a revolutionary conspiracy immediately, but apolitical Mannie balks only after Mike calculates they have at least a one-in-seven chance of success does he agree to join. Joining the discussion, Mike calculates that continuing current policy will lead to food riots in seven years, cannibalism in nine. Prof claims that Luna must stop exporting hydroponic grain to Earth immediately, or its ice-mined water resources will soon be exhausted. Mannie also introduces Wyoh to his mentor, the elderly Professor ("Prof") Bernardo de la Paz, a former political exile and highly esteemed Lunar educator. When police raid the meeting Mannie flees with Wyoming ("Wyoh") Knott, a visiting political activist, whom he hides and introduces to Mike. Book 1: That Dinkum Thinkum Įndlessly curious, Mike asks Mannie to attend an anti-Authority political meeting, which Mannie does with a hidden recorder. Mannie names it "Mike" after Mycroft Holmes, brother of fictional Sherlock Holmes, and the two become friends. The narrator is Manuel Garcia ("Mannie") O'Kelly-Davis, a computer technician who discovers that HOLMES IV has achieved self-awareness - and developed a sense of humor. Lunar infrastructure and machinery are largely managed and controlled by HOLMES IV ("High-Optional, Logical, Multi-Evaluating Supervisor, Mark IV"), the Lunar Authority's master computer, on the premise that having a single, large-capacity computer to run everything is cheaper (though not safer) than multiple independent systems. The Warden holds power through the Federated Nations' Lunar Authority, but his main responsibility is to ensure delivery of vital wheat shipments to Earth he seldom intervenes in the affairs of the discharged and free-born population, allowing a virtual anarchist or self-regulated pioneer society to develop.
Due to the Moon's low surface gravity people who remain longer than six months undergo "irreversible physiological changes," and can never again live comfortably under Earth gravity, making 'escape' back to Earth impractical. Most Loonies are discharged criminals, political exiles and their free-born descendants men outnumber women two to one so that polyandry and many forms of polygamy are the norm. In 2075, the Moon (Luna) is used as a penal colony by Earth's government, with three million inhabitants (called "Loonies") living in underground cities. Originally serialized monthly in Worlds of If (December 1965 – April 1966), the book was nominated for the Nebula Award in 1966 and received the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1967. It is respected for its credible presentation of a comprehensively imagined future human society on both the Earth and the Moon. The novel illustrates and discusses libertarian ideals.
Heinlein about a lunar colony's revolt against absentee rule from Earth. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is a 1966 science fiction novel by American writer Robert A.
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