The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress shows Lunar colonists rising up against Terran oppression and achieving a David and Goliath victory.
Mannie Davis, a computer technician, services Mike, a self-aware computer which controls most vital aspects of Luna, once an inescapable penal colony, but in 2075 home to 3 million free people. Luna Authority, however, continues to exploit them as slaves. Davis attends a political rally, meets beautiful activist Wyoh Knott and his old "Prof." Police sent to arrest the attendees are slain. After the melee, Davis, Knott, and Prof bring Mike into the conspiracy, form an "Emergency Committee of Free Luna," and begin organizing subcells. There is a need for urgency because Mike sees famine by 2082. Luna must fight Terra as David does Goliath, hurling rocks. Knott, a wanted fugitive, hides out at the Davis.....
