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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1966]. First edition. Embossed personal library stamp to upper front free end paper, lower front corner bruised, a nearly fine copy in a very good first printing dust jacket (priced $5.95 on the front flap) with light edge wear to upper and lower front edges and spine ends, slight loss to front corner tips, closed tear (clear tape to verso) and crease to upper rear panel, creases and small chip to lower rear panel, clear tape to verso at base of spine panel. (29058). Octavo, cloth. "This account of a revolution in a former lunar penal colony is essentially a retelling of the American War of Independence in SF terms. The hero narrates it all in a vigorous futuristic dialect. There is copious background detail and some interesting political and sociological speculation -- but, as with all the author's later books, the text is full of talk. Nevertheless, with its intelligent computer called Mycroft (after Sherlock Holmes's brother) and its by-now famous…

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.

Identifying a first edition of 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress' can be done by checking for the publisher's name 'G.P. Putnam's Sons' on the title page, the absence of later printing mentions, and that it states 'First Edition' along with the date '1966'.