Mannie subsequently introduces Wyoh to Mike by phone, and the professor as well when he meets up with them. Mannie escapes with Wyoming, and they go into hiding. The meeting is interrupted by a raid that turns deadly.
He points out that regardless of the prices, the food being sold for export is steadily detracting from the Moon's store of usable soil, water, and biomass, and argues that the Loonies should put a complete embargo on exports until the Earth starts sending replacement resources back. She is answered by Professor Bernardo de la Paz, an old genius who was sent to the Moon for being an insurrectionist. Mannie meets a girl named Wyoming Knott ("Wyoh" for short - and don't say "why not?"), an activist from Hong Kong In Luna who argues that, since farming is becoming harder on Luna, farmers need to strike for higher prices. Soon enough, Mike sends Mannie to an underground revolutionary meeting the revolutionaries have disabled all the security cameras and microphones that he could potentially eavesdrop with, and he's curious to know what they're talking about. Mike likes him, and creates spontaneous computer errors so they can meet up and learn from each other. Mannie is the only person to know about it, simply because he's the only person to actually talk to Mike. One day, Mike becomes sentient - apparently, his circuit complexity just reached critical mass.
While it once started out by running the catapult that sends things from the Moon to the Earth, adding capacity to the existing plant is cheaper than shipping new hardware up the gravity well from Earth, so it now runs almost everything on the Moon. His job is to maintain a HOLMES IV-type mainframe computer which Mannie names Mycroft - Mike for short. By day, Mannie works as a tech support contractor for the Lunar Authority in Luna City. Mannie is part of the Davis Clan: a large, polygamous family of various creeds and ages, who get by through farming, stealing a little electricity and water from the government, and helping out friends in need. The narrator is Manuel Garcia O'Kelly ( Man or Mannie for short), a regular multiethnic Lunar guy.
They're a harsh but loving society, built on sexual autonomy and religious freedom. But they also see no problem with killing people who violate their customs. The proud Lunar people (Loonies) have their own distinct culture: they value politeness, respect, fair trials, hard work and consensual polygamy. The moon (Luna) has been a prison colony for several generations, but is well on its way to becoming a full-fledged society of its own. It's notable for originating many sci-fi tropes, including a sentient computer, Colony Drop tactics, and virtual acting. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress (1966) is a Science Fiction novel written by Robert A.
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