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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

novel by Robert A. Heinlein
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

Summary

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,936 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress authored Robert A. Heinlein[3].
  • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress received the Hugo Award for Best Novel[4].
  • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress received the NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books[5].
  • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress received the Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame[6].
  • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress's instance of is recorded as literary work[7].
  • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress was published by G. P. Putnam's Sons[8].
  • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress's genre is science fiction[9].
  • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress followed The Rolling Stones[10].
  • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • 1965 marks the founding of The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress[13].
  • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress was published on 1966[14].
  • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress's cover art by is recorded as Irv Docktor[15].
  • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress's has edition or translation is recorded as Q126602539[16].
  • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress's narrative location is recorded as Mare Crisium[17].
  • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress's nominated for is recorded as Hugo Award for Best Novel[18].
  • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress's nominated for is recorded as Nebula Award for Best Novel[19].
  • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress'}[20].
  • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Révolte sur la Lune'}[21].
  • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress's form of creative work is recorded as novel[22].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[23]

  • Community tags: science fiction[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1e77fef8-9631-4428-9c8b-008dab1cdaff[25]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress authored Robert A. Heinlein[3]. It was published by G. P. Putnam's Sons[8].

Publication

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress was published on 1966[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is science fiction[9].

Reception

Awards received include Hugo Award for Best Novel[4], a literary award[26], founded in 1953[27]; NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books[5]; and Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame[6], a science fiction award[28], in United States[29].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress followed The Rolling Stones[10].

Why It Matters

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,936 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

FAQs

What awards did The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress receive?

Honors received include Hugo Award for Best Novel[4], NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books[5], and Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame[6].

Related Entities

literary work Robert A. Heinlein United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . thehugoawards.org. Retrieved . thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . thehugoawards.org. Retrieved . thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . nebulas.sfwa.org. Retrieved . nebulas.sfwa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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