The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Resources
Websites
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In honor of the author, the Heinlein Society promotes scholarships, blood drives, and educational materials for teachers. There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but it seems there are helping hands.
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Science Fiction Studies did a survey and found the most widely assigned science fiction books. You'll notice The Moon is a Harsh Mistress sitting pretty at number eighteen. Fun Fact: Shakespeare's The Tempest made its way onto the list.
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The ISFDB gives us the end-all, be-all of Heinlein bibliographies. Don't break your scrolling button looking through all these titles.
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Need help remembering the whos, whats, wheres, and whens of Heinlein's multiverse of novels? Then we've found the website for you.
Articles and Interviews
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Donna Williams compares the similarities and differences between Heinlein's lunar rebellion and the one found in Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed. The spoiler warning is in double effect.
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Josh Wimmer takes readers on a tour of history's Hugo winners. If you look to your right, you'll see Heinlein's moon, which they say is a harsh mistress.
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David Wright Sr. analyzes Heinlein's concept of Rational Anarchism, a great resource if you're still finding the concept a tad wonky.
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Heinlein's "This I Believe" speech from 1952 as read by his widow, Virginia, when she received NASA's Distinguished Public Service Medal for her late husband. She got a standing ovation when she finished.
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It's not a VH1 special, but io9's top 1960s science fiction books to read. Care to guess what novel made its way onto the list?
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… predicted yesterday. Check out Heinlein's predictions for the year 2000 made in 1952. The second item is particularly fascinating for showing just how forward thinking Heinlein was.
Video
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Heinlein gives a lecture at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank. Wonder why they would want to talk with someone like Heinlein?
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Heinlein is recognized as one of the prophets of science fiction, along with Mary Shelley, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke.
Audio
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Jimmy Webb borrowed the novel's title for this song. Play on; play on.
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Norwegian jazz singer Radka Toneff covers the Jimmy Webb song above. Is it one of those rare covers that's better than the original? You decide.
Images
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The first edition cover of The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. It certainly is… um, stark.
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This cover features Heinlein's signature. Like most signatures, we'll have to take the author's word that it spells his name.
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One of the more recent covers hanging around on today's bookstore shelves. For some reason or another, it prominently features the moon. We'll leave it to you to ponder why.
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The Loonies' very own flag brought to life by fans. These colors sure don't run (and not just because running is super difficult on the Moon).
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Jason Turner created the hundred-page project, a chance for comic artists to take a snippet from their favorite books and create one-page adaptations of them. Lucky us, Jason Rainey joined Turner to share his take on The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
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Gray Morrow's concept art of Mannie is an impressive bit of old-school science fiction artwork awesomeness.