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The mote in God's eye / by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Niven, Larry.
- Pournelle, Jerry, 1933-2017, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction, American.
- Life on other planets--Fiction.
- Life on other planets.
- Human-alien encounters--Fiction.
- Human-alien encounters.
- Interplanetary voyages--Fiction.
- Interplanetary voyages.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Science fiction.
- Novels.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 475 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Book club edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon and Schuster, 1975.
- Summary:
- In the year 3016, the Second Empire of Man spans hundreds of star systems, thanks to the faster-than-light Alderson Drive. No other intelligent beings have ever been encountered, until a light-sail probe enters a human system carrying a dead alien. The probe is traced to the Mote, an isolated star in a thick dust cloud, and an expedition is dispatched. In the Mote, the humans find an ancient civilization - at least one million years old - that has always been bottled up in their cloistered solar system for lack of a star drive. The Moties are welcoming and kind, yet rather evasive about certain aspects of their society. It seems the Moties have a dark problem, one they've been unable to solve in over a million years. The multi-limbed Moties have technology akin to ours, yet their world is frightening and dangerous. Then, suddenly and horribly, their emissaries are killed and a danger signal has been sent out. Now humans are thrown into a headlong race to find the aliens' homeworld and convince them that we come in peace.
- Notes:
- Jacket design by Robert Anthony.
- Gutter code "Q9" on page 475 indicates a printing in March 1975 (first SFBC printing). Later printing with code "Z48" (November 1984) with same SFBC# but on the back cover.
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- Adams Collection copy has dustjacket. Has gutter code "Q9".
- Cited in:
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 255496
- OCLC:
- 2361511
- Publisher Number:
- 06521 Science Fiction Book Club
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