Books

New York: Galaxy Publishing Corporation, 1966. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Digest magazines. Five volumes. Perfectbound in illustrated wrappers. All volumes very good or better with creasing on the spines, slight wear on the corners, and some tape remnants. A set of the pulp magazine *If: World's of Science Fiction* containing the true first edition of Robert Heinlein's *The Moon is a Harsh Mistress* which was serialized over five issues between December 1965 and April 1966. The novelization received a 1966 Nebula Award nomination and later won the Hugo Award in 1967. It is often noted for its libertarian views and "credible presentation of a comprehensively imagined future human society," according to critic Ted Gioia.

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, published in 1966. The story is set in a futuristic penal colony on the Moon where the inhabitants, led by a sentient computer named Mike, revolt against the government on Earth to establish their own independent lunar society.