The Mote in God's Eye
by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
ISBN: Global Overview for this book
ISBN: Global Overview for this book
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I bought this for my husband at the Regent booksale -he has read it before and thinks its one of the best Sci-Fi books he has read.
He tried reading this again and found it a bit dated the second time around.
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, not 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.
He tried reading this again and found it a bit dated the second time around.
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, not 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.
Journal Entry 2 by boreal at Rebound OBCZ -99 Lower Stuart St in Dunedin, Otago New Zealand on Sunday, October 17, 2004
Released 19 yrs ago (10/17/2004 UTC) at Rebound OBCZ -99 Lower Stuart St in Dunedin, Otago New Zealand
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I plan to leave this in the bookcrossing bookbox, which can be found on the landing at the top of the stairs, just outside the Rebound bookshop, sometime on Monday morning.
Happy reading to the finder....
I plan to leave this in the bookcrossing bookbox, which can be found on the landing at the top of the stairs, just outside the Rebound bookshop, sometime on Monday morning.
Happy reading to the finder....
