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Robert A. Heinlein · 1966
A science fiction novel set on a lunar colony in 2075, narrated by a computer technician who befriends an artificially intelligent computer named Mike and becomes involved in a lunar revolution against Earth authority.
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What this book knows
A computer's awakening consciousness and a lunar colony's revolt demonstrate that freedom is won through cunning, solidarity, and the cold logic of tanstaafl.
mind-and-cognition
Mike had bolshoyeh volition… he carried in storage a 'map'—structured relations—of Luna City's engineering, and could almost always fit what we said to what he knew.
MHM-RC-070You're our Scarlet Pimpernel, our John Galt… You go everywhere, know everything, slip in and out of town without passport. You're always there, yet nobody catches sight of you.
MHM-RC-083obedience-and-authority
Prof had emphasized that stickiest problems in conspiracy are communications and security, and had pointed out that they conflict.
MHM-RC-077Mike studied voice and word-choice patterns of Deputy Administrator… Warden started getting frantic calls at night from his staff. Which they denied making.
MHM-RC-111belonging
As I see, this cells-of-three system is to serve us, not bind us. See nothing wrong in Comrade Cecilia having an extra.
MHM-RC-094Manuel! Don't even say that. You are my husband, dear; I took you for better, for worse… and your wi—
MHM-RC-071Illuminates
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