![]() A large group of anti-authority rebels has sprung up, and Mannie reluctantly attends one of their meetings. The lunar population produces food that is transported to Earth. Since men outnumber women, most people practice polyandry. The lunar colony has a population of about 3 million people who live in underground cities. Mannie talks with Mike, convincing him not to play any more pranks. Technician Mannie Garcia O’Kelly-Davis arrives to fix the computer. Mike has become self-aware and pulls pranks on the humans, such as vastly inflating the paychecks of janitors and other low-wage workers. The novel is about a colony of prisoners and their descendants on the moon who are overseen by a supercomputer nicknamed Mike. Also a Prometheus Award Hall of Fame novel, it is one of the top ten novels published before 1990, according to the Locus Poll Awards. In 1967, it won the Hugo Award and was nominated for the Nebula Award in 1966. ![]() Heinlein, was serialized in the magazine Worlds of If in 1965 and published as a complete work in 1966. ![]() The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, a science fiction novel by Robert A. ![]()
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