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Summary: Science Fiction and Race
Review: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is one of the best works of Sci-Fi ever. Heinlein's multiracial hero is a perfect vision of the future. As we expand out into space and eventually further inhabit our solar system, race will become less of a problem as people will be forced to rely on each other to advance the species.On a political note, this book could almost be considered a step by step guide to revolution planning. Excellent reading!
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Summary: There ain't no such thing as a free lunch!
Review: There ain't no such thing as a free lunch; and that's the truth of it! Everything in life offered always has something that is wanted in return. Always keep on your guard!
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Summary: An Outstanding Piece of Fiction
Review: Heinlein is the godfather of science fiction and this book, which won him the last of his 4 Hugos is probably the greatest of all of his works. Heinlein was a master at speculative science fiction, he is able to create a set of events, while purely fictional, is kept so close to realistic lines that they not only seem plausible but real. This novel could almost be a self help guide to carrying out a revolution. What greater cause than the freedom of not one country but an entire planet in chains? To me, what makes this novel his greatest is the relative clarity of the narrative and the smooth transitions between the various stages of the plot. While Stranger in a Strange land could be said to be more imaginative, its narrative structure is such that it could almost be 2 storylines told at once. Call me a romantic, but nothing I have read in science fiction has stirred my blood more. That is why Heinlein can be forgiven in giving the book an ending that many feel is romantic rather than realistic. How many revolutions do result in better government anyway? This is one of the most underrated novels in science fiction and is a bennchmark for which future generations of writers can set their standards. It is a classic that will never age and who knows, it could still come true! Viva La Revolution!
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Summary: Underrated book that's Heinlein's best by far!
Review: A book with challenging ideas and concepts on every page. Of all that's been said about Heinlein, both positive and negative, most is true. But this book is Heinlein at his best. Historical parallels, challenging ideas, realistic examinations of what a successful revolution looks like, and an ultimately cynical look at the way human beings use and abuse power over each other make this a genuine classic. I've read damn near every book Heinlein ever published. Some I liked, some I hated, some I've been lukewarm about. But this book is the one I always recommend. It's one of the four or five books that permanently altered how I view the world.
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Summary: My favourite sci fi ever
Review: This is first book i read that pulled me into scifi and it is truly my favourite.There is a certain warmth and personal feel to the talkative narrative.It reads as if narrator-character Mannie is guiding you along side by side to the fascinating society of the Moon while sharing with you an ingenius plan of conspiracy to win freedom for all fellow loonies. No, this great conspiracy not only consists of a computer,a one-armed techguy,a woman and a professor, but also the reader!
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Summary: Heinlein's Best Work is a Sci-Fi MUST READ
Review: Of his four hugo winning novels, Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" was his best work. While "Stranger in a Strange Land" is often cited as his best, the story in "Mistress" is much more clearly and evenly developed than that of "Stranger", which almost becomes two stories. While "Double Star" and "Starship Troopers" are certainly excellent and intense pieces of work, they are shorter, and one is left wondering if their length was indeed due to their intensity. "Mistress" maintains the intensity of "Double" and "Troopers" while delivering the length of "Stranger". It was quite simply Heinlein at his best.
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Summary: couldn't put it down
Review: I picked this book up because I already knew I was in love with Heinlein's writing, but I didn't expect to become so enthralled in something that I, at first, perceived to potentially be so violent. I was very mistaken. The interpersonal relationships are, as always, extremely believable and the way he (Heinlein)puts so much consideration into life and living situations on the moon is totally fascinating. The man had a never-ending capacity to enthrall and pull the reader into his imagination and worlds he had created.
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Summary: Atlas Shrugged Lite
Review: Heinlein clearly did not know how to finish this work; while the novel itself is original and characterization is great, (don't read on if you don't know the end)the realist in heinlein had to find the romantic, resulting in an unrealistic happy ending.
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Summary: Heinlein's absolute best!
Review: This book is the epitome of the freedom for which Heinlein has always stood. It does not have any "Marxist sentiments" (Spider Robinson, there's a new candidate for the most ridiculous attack on Heinlein), it is a book which details the meaning of freedom, and at the same time a hard-SF adventure yarn as good as Red Planet and Farmer in the Sky. If you don't like his "lectures," you don't have to read the book. But from what I've seen of the attacks on Heinlein by Panshin, Aldiss, Disch, and others, they don't just want to avoid Heinlein's work. They want his writings removed from the body of SF literature forever. P.S. What's the difference between a fascist and a liberal? The fascist suppresses you in a military uniform, the liberal does it in tie-dyes.
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Summary: Hard science and plot combine to teach the reader.
Review: Sci-fi has always had the intention, either primary or secondary, of chanllenging, undermining or destroying the reader's world view. In "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" it appears to be secondary, despite the author's obvious Marxist sentiments. Because life on the moon is not life on earth, Heinlein is freed by the science of space to create a fictional social order where, at the outset, air is not free. The juxtaposition of science and plot continues until the reader should see that he or she is in fact learning something of physics and astrophysics. Of particualr interest is the book's description of weapons systems crafted by, sare I say it, crafty moon residents. A mass driver that takes advantage of the disparate sizes of the moon's gravity well as opposed to that of the earth is a wonderful "Popular Science" gizmo. Also of note is the clever cell system administered by computer for the lunar revolutionaries.
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