The Mote in God's Eye

Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle

Book 1 of Moties

Language: English

Publisher: COLLINS

Published: Oct 10, 1993

Date Read: Nov 1, 2003
Form: Novel
Pages: 663
Read Status: read
Shelves: read
Word Count: 178444

Description:

Aliens: Moties. First contact: AD3017, in the region of space known as the coalsack - otherwise known as 'the Face of God'. to the distress of the pious, the mote in His eye (a ruby-red beam of light in the blackness) is revealed to be the blood-red sun of the only aliens mankind has ever encountered. Human observers, all too soon astounded by Motie sexual practices, have many surprises in store...