Luna
by Ian McDonald · first published 2015
67% recommend33% neutral
"The Moon wants to kill you. Whether it's being unable to pay your per diem for your allotted food, water, and air, or you just get caught up in a fight between the Moon's ruling corporations, the Five Dragons. You must fight for every inch you want to gain in the Moon's near feudal society. And that is just what Adriana Corta did. As the leader of the Moon's newest "dragon," Adriana has wrested control of the Moon's Helium-3 industry from the Mackenzie Metal corporation and fought to earn her family's new status. Now, at the twilight of her life, Adriana finds her corporation, Corta Helio, su
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I enjoyed Seveneves. I'd recommend Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald as another recent moon-based book that's enjoyable sci-if. Mega corporations rule the moon and the government largely ignores what they do as long as raw materials are still…
on “The Day the Moon Blew Up” ↗So many listed here are already in my top list, what I haven’t seen is the Luna Trilogy by Ian McDonald. Neat ideas from corporate run future moon colony.
on “Ask HN: What are your favorite sci-fi books?” ↗In "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", it is described as a 'line marriage'. I have read the book, and thought the idea was quite interesting. The more recent book "Luna: New Moon" by Ian McDonald explores similar ideas (and is also set on the moon). I was trying to inform the parent commenter of the 'opposite' of "polygamy", but this was apparently unappreciated on…
on “The Predictions of Robert A. Heinlein, from the Cold War to the Waterbed” ↗