The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Resources

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.

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.

The ISFDB gives us the end-all, be-all of Heinlein bibliographies. Don't break your scrolling button looking through all these titles.

Need help remembering the whos, whats, wheres, and whens of Heinlein's multiverse of novels? Then we've found the website for you.

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.

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.

David Wright Sr. analyzes Heinlein's concept of Rational Anarchism, a great resource if you're still finding the concept a tad wonky.

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.

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?

… 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.

Heinlein gives a lecture at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank. Wonder why they would want to talk with someone like Heinlein?

Heinlein is recognized as one of the prophets of science fiction, along with Mary Shelley, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke.

Jimmy Webb borrowed the novel's title for this song. Play on; play on.

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.

The first edition cover of The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. It certainly is… um, stark.

This cover features Heinlein's signature. Like most signatures, we'll have to take the author's word that it spells his name.

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.

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).

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.

Gray Morrow's concept art of Mannie is an impressive bit of old-school science fiction artwork awesomeness.