The Powers of the Earth
{{Short description|2017 science fiction book by Travis J I Corcoran}}
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| author = Travis J I Corcoran
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| country = United States
| language = English
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| genre = Fiction
| publisher = Morlock Publishing
| release_date = 2017
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| pages = 610 pp.
| isbn = 978-1973311140
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The Powers of the Earth is a 2017 libertarian hard science fiction novel by Travis J I Corcoran.{{Cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?269372|title=Internet Speculative Fiction Database|website=Internet Speculative Fiction Database|language=en|access-date=2019-11-20}} It is his debut novel, and the first release in the Aristillus Series. The novel was funded by a 2017 Kickstarter campaign that raised $18,000.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tjic/powers-of-the-earth-sf-with-spaceships-dogs-and-bi|title=Powers of the Earth: SF with spaceships, dogs, and big guns|website=Kickstarter|language=en|access-date=2019-04-29}}
Plot
An ungoverned lunar settlement whose economy developed while Earth's economy declined under a command-and-control economy engages in a struggle to stay free from Earth's meddling bureaucracy.{{Cite web|url=http://lfs.org/releases/2018PrometheusFinalists.shtml|title=Mar 25, 2018: Prometheus Award Finalists|website=lfs.org|access-date=2019-04-09}} The lunar colonists engage in military conflicts with the Earth forces on the surface of the Moon, in space ships flying between Earth and the Moon, and in the tunnels of the city of Aristillus. The novel deals with uplifted dogs, artificial intelligence, guns, space law, anti-gravity, libertarianism, and rebellion, as well as the Robert Heinlein trope of the competent man.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/corcoran_travis_j_i|title=Encyclopedia of Science Fiction|website=Encyclopedia of Science Fiction|language=en|access-date=2019-11-20}}
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