Lunar infrastructure and machinery are largely managed and controlled by HOLMES IV ("High-Optional, Logical, Multi-Evaluating Supervisor, Mark IV"), the Lunar Authority's master computer, on the premise that having a single, large-capacity computer to run everything is cheaper (though not safer) than multiple independent systems. The Warden holds power through the Federated Nations' Lunar Authority, but his main responsibility is to ensure delivery of vital wheat shipments to Earth he seldom intervenes in the affairs of the discharged and free-born population, allowing a virtual anarchist or self-regulated pioneer society to develop. Due to the Moon's low surface gravity people who remain longer than six months undergo "irreversible physiological changes," and can never again live comfortably under Earth gravity, making 'escape' back to Earth impractical. Most Loonies are discharged criminals, political exiles and their free-born descendants men outnumber women two to one so that polyandry and many forms of polygamy are the norm. In 2075, the Moon (Luna) is used as a penal colony by Earth's government, with three million inhabitants (called "Loonies") living in underground cities. Originally serialized monthly in Worlds of If (December 1965 – April 1966), the book was nominated for the Nebula Award in 1966 and received the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1967. It is respected for its credible presentation of a comprehensively imagined future human society on both the Earth and the Moon. The novel illustrates and discusses libertarian ideals. Heinlein about a lunar colony's revolt against absentee rule from Earth. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is a 1966 science fiction novel by American writer Robert A.
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