In this book, one of the narrator's grandfathers was deported after subversive activities during the Wet Firecracker War. That character's maternal grandmother was a Tatar born near Samarkand sentenced to "re-education" on Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsiya. In this novel's first book, titled "That Thinkum D
In this book, one of the narrator's grandfathers was deported after subversive activities during the Wet Firecracker War. That character's maternal grandmother was a Tatar born near Samarkand sentenced to "re-education" on Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsiya. In this novel's first book, titled "That Thinkum Dinkum," a character issues a paycheck to a janitor for 10 quadrillion one-hundred eighty-five dollars and fifteen cents. The title comes from an address given by Professor Bernardo de la Paz to the Federated States of Earth after a coup. This novel includes an occasionally sexually confused sentient supercomputer named Mike, nicknamed after Mycroft Holmes by the narrator Mannie, who suggests that the Loonies "throw rocks…big rocks" in order to resolve the central rebellion. It popularized the acronym "TINSTAAFL," or "there is no such thing as a free lunch." For 10 points, name this novel about a lunar revolution against the Earth by Robert A. Heinlein.
In this book, one of the narrator's grandfathers was deported after subversive activities during the Wet Firecracker War.
The {Moon} is a {Harsh Mistress}