See also The Dispossessed by Ursula LeGuin
Granted it’s Mars not the Moon but the breakaway – and how it affects Earth politics – is a central plotnpoint
zombiebikini@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Heinlein explored how a lunar colony could develop in “The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress”. He thinks it will move towards some kind of anarcho-capitalist society that will fight for independence from earth. His ideas on how a predominantly male society will result in polygamy are somewhat weird but fascinating.
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 2 days ago
Sergio@piefed.social 1 day ago
The Dispossessed is set on Anarres and Urras, the twin inhabited worlds of Tau Ceti.
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 1 day ago
Dammit, that’s what I get for going on 25-year old memory of last reading the book. In my defense, one of the main character narrators captains a space ship that goes between Earth and Mars and this provides insight into the two cultures.
Oh and BTW he’s got a wife on both worlds. Spicy
Sergio@piefed.social 1 day ago
Are you sure you’re not thinking of “Triton”?
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 days ago
On one hand, it’s a really good. On the other, the future it predicted failed.
Let’s start with the author’s ideas about prison. When the book was written, cartels and prison gangs were nowhere near as prevalent as they are today. The idea that there’d be no gangs running the Lunar prisons might have made sense in 1966, but not today.
I also get a chuckle out of the idea that it’s easier for a computer to achieve self-awareness than it is for that same computer to create a realistic video image.
I use the term ‘antique science fiction’ for older books that are fun to read but can’t be taken seriously.
bluGill@fedia.io 2 days ago
I'm most amused to discover they had two computers total on the moon. Almost as amusing as 1930s sicfi where computers were humans
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 1 day ago
“The Man Who Sold The Moon” is wrong about pretty much everything, but it’s still a great read.
HG Wells and Jules Verne are never going to go away, because their books are still fun.
Sergio@piefed.social 1 day ago
The martians in Heinlein’s “Red Planet” and “Stranger in a Strange Land” are really interesting, even tho we now know the planet is nothing like that.