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The Mote in God's Eye

Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle

Cover of The Mote in God's Eye

Published 1974 by Simon and Schuster · 537 pages

Hugo Nominee 1975Nebula Nominee 1976
Science Fiction

Synopsis

Humanity's first contact with an alien species, the Moties, begins when a light sail probe arrives from their star system during an interstellar civil war. As a Naval expedition investigates the Moties' world, they discover a civilization both remarkably advanced and harboring a devastating biological secret that could threaten the entire human empire.

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Series

Moties #1

Author Nationality

US

ISBN

9780671218331

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