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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

By: Robert A. Heinlein
Narrated by: Homer Todiwala
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In 2075, the Moon is no longer a penal colony. But it is still a prison...

Life isn't easy for the political dissidents and convicts who live in the scattered colonies that make up lunar civilisation. Everything is regulated strictly, efficiently and cheaply by a central supercomputer, HOLMES IV.

When humble technician Mannie O'Kelly-Davis discovers that HOLMES IV has quietly achieved consciousness (and developed a sense of humour), the choice is clear: either report the problem to the authorities... or become friends.

And perhaps overthrow the government while they're at it.

©2014 Robert A. Heinlein (P)2025 W.F. Howes Ltd. Adventure Classics Political

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An old classic on audio at long last

Some of the story is dated, but a lot of it holds up well. The narrator did the various voices and accents well, but mispronounced several words (it is not monty-video) and inserted punctuation/pauses in the wrong places ('tycho under' is a place name, not 'tycho, under..').

Wondered at one point if being narrated by modem day version of Mike.

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Will listen to this over & over

I read this book years ago, had a massive effect on my way of thinking, one of my favourite books of all time, Narrator is brilliant, story is very clever and thought provoking, love this.

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