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The moon is a harsh mistress / Robert Heinlein

by Robert A. Heinlein

Set in a twenty-first-century penal colony on the Moon, this science fiction novel follows an unlikely group of conspirators, including a sentient computer, as they organise a revolution to overthrow the ruling Authority.

Accession 15579 ISBN 0450002314 Publisher New English Library
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