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The Mote in God's Eye
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle

Published 1974 by Simon and Schuster · 537 pages
Hugo Nominee 1975Nebula Nominee 1976
Science FictionSynopsis
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