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   From: nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk   
      
   In article ,   
   g_d_pusch_remove_underscores@xnet.com (Gordon D. Pusch) writes:   
   |>   
   |> "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress." However, it is not "similar" to   
   |> "Starship Troopers;" it is basically a re-telling of the American   
   |> Revolution[*] (with elements of early Australia), set in the context   
   |> of Luna as a penal colony whose residents (both convict and free)   
   |> were being ruthlessly exploited by the federated terran governments.   
      
   [*] Official USA Version, cleaned up of most of the embarrassing   
   facts.  In reality, it is hard to know which side was ethically   
   less deserving of victory.  Heinlein would have been a better   
   author if he had reduced the propaganda content of his writings.   
      
      
   Regards,   
   Nick Maclaren.   
      
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