Sci-Fi, 8/10 – April 2009
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The story follows the revolution of a Lunar penal colony against earth for political freedom. The people of the moon don’t have any conventional weapons but it is “uphill” of earth (in terms of gravity) which means it can throw rocks down apon earth with a near-nuclear impact. The second secret-weapon of the moon is a recently sentient super-computer called Mike which has the brains to target the rocks and attend to intricate politics as well.
This book was written in the 60’s but holds up flawlessly. I particularly enjoyed the Luna-speak, a shorthand pidgin English that the people on the moon speak. It’ll drive English teachers nuts. |
