Together they have written the critically acclaimed bestsellers Inferno, Footfall, and The Legacy of Heorot, among others. The main character in spite of being both a Royal and a high level star ship captain was a Captain Kirk who had to do everything himself. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. The premise of the book was very promising but the story development was a disappointment. The Mote in God’s Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle was published in 1974. At this point I gave up because none of this was logical and the story seemed to be just another space opera. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Posted by RRC on August 01, 2007. Download The Gripping Hand / The Mote in God's Eye Study Guide. But I do remember I liked it a lot. Not in Library. Unable to add item to List. Writing separately, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle are responsible for a number of science fiction classics, such as the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Ringworld, Debt of Honor, and The Integral Trees. I read this book when it was first published in paperback. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. It seems the Moties have a dark problem, one they've been unable to solve in over a million years. Stephen King's "The Stand" held the top honor of favorite book until "The World According To Garp" came along. no toc. for "the awesome" because this book is full of awesome! Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. The title of the novel is a wordplay on Luke 6:41–42 and Matthew 7:3–5. I enjoyed it. Highly recommended. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2020. It seemed my dad must have had an interest in apocalyptic fiction, because I remember reading a few of those and found them fascinating. Writing separately, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle are responsible for a number of science fiction classics, such as the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Ringworld, Debt of Honor, and The Integral Trees. The Mote In God's Eye is their acknowledged masterpiece, an epic novel of mankind's first encounter with alien life that transcends the genre. No quarantine of alien body to guard against possible unknown diseases or organisms. This is the first collaboration between Niven and Pournelle, two masters of hard science fiction, and it combines Pournelle's interest in the military and sociology with Niven's talent for creating interesting, believable aliens. Writing separately, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle are responsible for a number of science fiction classics, such as the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning. Buy The Mote in God's Eye New Ed by Niven, Larry, Pournelle, Jerry (ISBN: 8601416922997) from Amazon's Book Store. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Mote in God's Eye (Mote Series Book 1). Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. It's a great take on first contact. Its not, its astonishingly blind to the value of compare and contrast, and lacking the wit or intelligence to have developed an idea that could have gone somewhere. Something we hope you'll especially enjoy: FBA items qualify for FREE Shipping and Amazon Prime. I read it more than once!! I bought it again on a whim, as some charity shop or other had received the one I bought. Missed this one back in the day and its irritatingly blind to women not just nowadays, but frankly even back then i would have thought this was distinctly odd. Free Kindle App text refers to the Mote in God 's Eye is a science fiction novel I ever... 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