The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress

The Dude · #1 04-20-2005, 01:32 AM

For those of you who don't remember this thread, I recently went to Borders and bought a bunch of Robert Heinlein books. I read Starship Troopers, and it was a fun, quick read, with a decent amount of good reading in there. By good reading I mean something that you're glad you've read when you're finished, not just something that entertained you. I am particularly fond of the parts where Johnnie recalls the discussions from his History and Moral Philosophy classes, and where he works through his philosophical positions on his own. Definately worth reading, and I'm sure I'll get around to rereading it sometime in the future.

The book I just finished tonight, though, was completely fantastic. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress (which made famous the phrase "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch") is the first book in awhile to evoke a negative emotion from me. I've felt excitement, anticipation, relief, and other positive emotions quite often from books, but there was a genuine pang of sadness evoked in me by this book, and this hasn't heppened in quite awhile. (I did just read Les Miserables recently, but I knew that story quite well before reading it. Aside from that, it's been a few years since a book has brought up that level of sadness.)

You libertarians would like it, since it tells the story of a very libertarian lunar colony, and paints the picture in a very positive light. It has some interesting spins on political and social issues.

Good quality reading.

Dead · #2 04-20-2005, 01:34 AM

You gave us the author's name in the first paragraph.

So, this sentence is unnecessary:

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Chairman Wood · #3 04-20-2005, 01:34 AM

Thank you. As classes are ending my free time will increase. Perhaps, I will check them out.

jason_t · #4 04-20-2005, 01:35 AM

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Thank you. As classes are ending my free time will increase. Perhaps, I will check them out.

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Classes ending? F[/i]uck. I still have two more months of classes.

Dead · #5 04-20-2005, 01:37 AM

Because California sucks.

The Dude · #6 04-20-2005, 01:38 AM

From what I've read of Robert Heinlein, he's good at promoting different social and political causes in different books. For example, Starship Troopers paints in a very positive light a political climate libertarians would likely call fascist.

Which Heinlein works have you read?

nolanfan34 · #7 04-20-2005, 01:39 AM

Can't you let one thread go by without tossing around some insult in it? Jeez.

jason_t · #8 04-20-2005, 01:52 AM

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Because California sucks.

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You have now cinched the case that you are a f[/i]ucking idiot.

sublime · #9 04-20-2005, 01:53 AM

i am adding dead to my igonor user list, i suggest you do thr same.

Dead · #10 04-20-2005, 01:57 AM

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From what I've read of Robert Heinlein, he's good at promoting different social and political causes in different books. For example, Starship Troopers paints in a very positive light a political climate libertarians would likely call fascist.

Which Heinlein works have you read?

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Starship Troopers
Podkayne of Mars
The Number of the Beast
Time Enough For Love