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The human characters were not particularly welldeveloped, but the motie civilization and the secret of their intentions made for some entertaining reading. The mote in god s eye by larry niven, jerry pournelle, 1974, simon and schuster edition, in english book club ed. The mote in gods eye has earned a place on favorites list. Ebook the mote in god s eye as pdf download portable. Sep 30, 2010 i just finished the mote in gods eye by larry niven and jerry pournelle. The mote in gods eye is one of the finest collaborations ive ever read, only surpassed in literary quality and detail by gibsons and sterlings the difference engine. He has also collaborated with both jerry pournelle and steven barnes on the legacy of heorot, beowulf s children, and the bestselling dream park series. The mote in god s eye by larry niven and jerry pournelle is set in the future beginning 3012 ad and is about first contact between humans and a very intelligent, highly effective toolmaker race. Yet if the movie makers were intelligent enough to can that crap, people would hate them for betraying the novel. The mote in god s eye mote series book 1 kindle edition by niven, larry, jerry pournelle. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. The story is set in the distant future of pournelle s codominium universe, and charts the first contact between humankind and an alien species. Start reading the mote in gods eye mote series book 1 on your kindle in under a minute.
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Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the mote in gods eye mote series book 1. A good rule of thumb is that series have a conventional name and are intentional creations, on the part of the author or publisher. The story is set in the distant future of pournelle s codominium universe, and charts the first contact between humanity and an alien species. The mote in gods eye, by larry niven and jerry pournelle, is a science fiction novel that was first published in 1974. The gripping hand is a follow up book doesnt reach the level of the first book. The earth faces a terrible challenge from alien invaders from space in this novel by the authors of mote in gods eye 1975. Mote in god s eye by larry niven, 9780671741921, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. As the two races explore each other, the human ambassadors begin to suspect that that the moties are hiding something. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. The mote in gods eye is a science fiction novel by american writers larry niven and jerry pournelle, first published in 1974. In this video i discuss why i think it s labeled a masterpiece, and rip jerry pournelle. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The mote in god s eye niven, larry, jerry pournelle on.
Douglas macarthur january 26, 1880 april 5, 1964, was a famous american general who played a prominent role in the pacific theater of world war ii. Part of pournelles codominion future history series, the mote in gods eye, is a fascinating, mesmerizing look at mans first contact with an alien civilization. The story begins by presenting the current state and some history of the human empire in the galaxies. The mote in god s eye, by larry niven and jerry pournelle, is a science fiction novel that was first published in 1974. Delaware county district library ohio scanned in china.
They first appear as a series of dots on astronomical plates, heading from saturn directly toward earth. The mote in god s eye is larry niven s finest first contact stories. Read the mote in gods eye mote series book 1 pdf free. Macarthur s crew determines the origin of the probe s trajectory to be from a star known colloquially as the mote due to its proximity to a brighter star set against a nebula, a feature sometimes called god s eye hence the title, the mote in god s eye. Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion. In the mote the humans find an ancient civilizationat least one million years oldthat has always been bottled up in their cloistered solar system for lack of a star drive. The title of the novel is a wordplay on the biblical the mote and the beam parable and is the nickname of a star. The mote in gods eye by larry niven, jerry pournelle, 1974, simon and schuster edition, in english book club ed. The attitudes that dated the mote in gods eye extended to the personnel on the two ships that visit the mote world. Larry niven left is the hugo and nebula awardwinning author of such classics as ringworld, the integral trees, and destiny s road. With the exception of sally and the perpetually pregnant moties, every single character in the book is male. The story is set in the distant future of pournelles codominium universe, and charts the first contact between humankind and an alien species. I enjoyed it, but wouldnt place it on a favorites list. The earth faces a terrible challenge from alien invaders from space in this novel by the authors of mote in god s eye 1975.
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Larry niven left is the hugo and nebula awardwinning author of such classics as ringworld, the integral trees, and destinys road. Buy the mote in gods eye by larry niven, jerry pournelle from waterstones today. The mote in god s eye ebook epub electronic book the mote in god s eye by larry niven for iphone, ipad txt format version, file with page numbers the mote in god s eye by larry niven kindle edition with audio multimedia cd video hardcover new or used, cheap audiobook pric theres also other available format to download. That article even states that the events in it are contemporaneous to what happens in mote. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The first edition of the novel was published in october 1974, and was written by larry niven. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital. The mote in gods eye is about humanitys first encounter with an alien race. In this video i discuss why i think its labeled a masterpiece, and rip jerry pournelle. Start reading the mote in god s eye mote series book 1 on your kindle in under a minute. He weaves a good hard scifi tale of humankinds encounter with a slightly less technologically advanced organism that suffers from a biological problem that could spread across the universe if.
Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 596 pages and is available in ebook format. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. But if the hooded man is seen by backward and superstitious peoples as the face of god. They wrote the book to be the penultimate first contact story and, ive got to admit they succeed in spades. He has also collaborated with both jerry pournelle and steven barnes on the legacy of heorot, beowulfs children, and the bestselling dream park series. The mote in gods eye the mote in gods eye to read or. Publication date 19810403 topics nonclassifiable publisher pocket. The mote in gods eye started slowly with a bit too much description of planetary atmospheres for my taste, but once it introduced the alien race, it became very readable.