Complex tale. Another pre-goodreads book i liked. ( )

Quite a challenging read with the dialect writing, but probably worth the effort in the end.
This is the earliest scifi mention of creches, also known as clans or lines, that I've come across. Definitely a welcome alternative to traditional childrearing. ( )

Many libertarian folks I know do all but sleep with this book under their pillow, and a few have gone so far as to claim that it's a viable model for a Libertarian Revolution, so I figured I'd read the thing finally. Those that want to use this as a model seem to have forgotten two steps:

Step 1: Accidently create a self-aware supercomputer to plan, organize, run, and run the aftermath of the minute details of your revolution.

Step 2: live on the moon.


Despite that, it was a rather fun read.

It tried too hard. Basically a giant propaganda story for libertarianism. Would have liked a deeper, richer story. ( )

4.5*
I don't know what I had expected from this Hugo award-winning science fiction novel but it was so much better than I had anticipated! The main reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that Heinlein's personal views on politics (as voiced by Prof) were a little too pushy & some of the Earth politics was dated. However, it remains an insightful look at colonialism & revolution despite those flaws. And I loved the look at how the Luna colonists handled marriage as well as other aspects of life there. To top it all off, there is Mike -- the computer who has become sentient though nobody except Manny knows it at the start of the book!

Lloyd James does an excellent narration & I particularly liked his Russian accent for Manny (though I don't know if a character who is 3rd generation Luna with a name like Manuel Garcia O'Kelly-Davis is supposed to be Russian!). ( )